Bethesda Hospital Inc

[2014] FWCA 1254

[2014] FWCA 1254

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Bethesda Hospital Inc
(AG2014/3697)

BETHESDA HOSPITAL: ANF - REGISTERED NURSES' AGREEMENT 2013

Health and welfare services
COMMISSIONER CLOGHAN	PERTH, 20 FEBRUARY 2014

Application for approval of the Bethesda Hospital: ANF - Registered Nurses' Agreement 2013.

[1] On 13 February 2014, Bethesda Hospital Inc made application for approval of a single enterprise agreement to be known as the Bethesda Hospital: ANF - Registered Nurses' Agreement 2013 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act).

[2] The Agreement was made following a ballot on 31 January 2014.

[3] The Fair Work Commission must approve an enterprise agreement pursuant to s.186 of the FW Act if the requirements set out in that section, s.187 and s.188 are met.

[4] Pursuant to s.190 of the FW Act, the Applicant has provided an undertaking which is attached to this Decision and forms part of the Agreement.

[5] I am satisfied, from the material provided to the Commission, that ss.186, 187 and 188, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[6] The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has declared that the ANF was a bargaining representative for the Agreement and is entitled to represent the industrial interests of those employees in accordance with paragraph 176(1)(b) of the FW Act. Further, the ANF supports the approval of the Agreement by the Commission and has read and agrees with the Employer’s statutory declaration in support of the application, insofar as it is within the Union’s knowledge. Finally, the ANF has given notice that, pursuant to s.183 of the FW Act, it wants to be covered by the Agreement.

[7] The Agreement is approved and will, in accordance with s.54(1) of the FW Act, operate from 27 February 2014.

[8] The nominal expiry date of this Agreement is 1 December 2016.

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