Blakehurst Aged Care Services Pty Ltd T/A Blakehurst Aged Care and Retirement Centre

[2019] FWCA 2007

[2019] FWCA 2007

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Blakehurst Aged Care Services Pty Ltd T/A Blakehurst Aged Care and Retirement Centre
(AG2019/42)

IBIS CARE BLAKEHURST, AUSTRALIAN NURSING FEDERATION NSW BRANCH, HEALTH SERVICES UNION NSW BRANCH & NSW NURSES & MIDWIVES ASSOCIATION ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Aged care industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT SAUNDERS	NEWCASTLE, 27 MARCH 2019

Application for approval of the IBIS Care Blakehurst, Australian Nursing Federation NSW Branch, Health Services Union NSW Branch & NSW Nurses & Midwifes Association Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the IBIS Care Blakehurst, Australian Nursing Federation NSW Branch, Health Services Union NSW Branch & NSW Nurses & Midwifes Association Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Blakehurst Aged Care Services Pty Ltd T/A Blakehurst Aged Care and Retirement Centre. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] The application was not lodged within 14 days after the agreement was made. Pursuant to s.185(3)(b), in all the circumstances I consider it fair to extend the time for making the application to the date it was actually made.

[4] The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and the Health Services Union of Australia being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 3 April 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 26 March 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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