Burles Consulting Pty Ltd

Case

[2023] FWCA 1483

24 MAY 2023


[2023] FWCA 1483

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Burles Consulting Pty Ltd

(AG2023/1312)

ST GILES ALLIED HEALTH ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2022

Health and welfare services

DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE

SYDNEY, 24 MAY 2023

Application for approval of the St Giles Allied Health Enterprise Agreement 2022

  1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the St Giles Allied Health Enterprise Agreement 2022 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by Burles Consulting Pty Ltd (Employer Bargaining Representative) on behalf of St Giles Society Inc (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

Undertakings

  1. The Employer has provided written undated undertakings. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

Coverage of employee organisation

  1. The Health Services Union, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.

Model flexibility clause

  1. Pursuant to s.202(4) of the Act, the model flexibility term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

Conclusion

  1. Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

  1. I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

  1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 31 May 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 June 2026.


DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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