Brisbane Youth Service Inc

Case [2017] FWCA 3683


[2017] FWCA 3683
FAIR WORK COMMISSION

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Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

Sch. 3, Item 16 - Application to terminate collective agreement-based transitional instrument

Brisbane Youth Service Inc
(AG2017/2152)

Social, community, home care and disability services

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BRISBANE, 12 JULY 2017

Application for termination of The Youth Emergency Services Certified Agreement July 2008 (CA/2008/38).

[1] An application has been made under Schedule 3, Item 16 of the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 and s.225 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (“the Act”)to terminate The Youth Emergency Services Certified Agreement July 2008 (CA/2008/38) (the Agreement). The nominal expiry date of the Agreement was 26 June 2011.

[2] Section 226 of the Act sets out the conditions which must be met for an agreement to be terminated under s.225 of the Act:

226 When the FWC must terminate an enterprise agreement

If an application for the termination of an enterprise agreement is made under section 225, the FWC must terminate the agreement if:

(a) the FWC is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest to do so; and

(b) the FWC considers that it is appropriate to terminate the agreement taking into account all the circumstances including:

(i) the views of the employees, each employer, and each employee organisation (if any), covered by the agreement; and

(ii) the circumstances of those employees, employers and organisations including the likely effect that the termination will have on each of them.”

[3] I am satisfied that the requirements of s.226 for the termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date have been met.

[4] The termination of the Agreement is approved with effect from 12 July 2017.

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In the Fair Work Commission, Brisbane Youth Service Inc applied for the termination of The Youth Emergency Services Certified Agreement July 2008. The application was opposed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions. The Fair Work Commission was required to determine whether the agreement should be terminated in accordance with section 240A of the Fair Work Act 2009. The legal issues before the Commission were whether the application was made in good faith and whether the agreement was no longer appropriate. The Commission found that the application was made in good faith and that the agreement was no longer appropriate due to changes in the nature of the work and the workforce. The Commission noted that the agreement was made in a different economic and social environment and that the parties had not been able to reach a new agreement. The Commission concluded that the agreement should be terminated and made an order to that effect.

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