| [2025] FWCA 1804 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Cancer Council of Tasmania Inc. T/A Cancer Council of Tasmania
(AG2025/1254)
CANCER COUNCIL TASMANIA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2025 TO 2029
| Social, community, home care and disability services | |
| DEPUTY PRESIDENT MILLHOUSE | MELBOURNE, 29 MAY 2025 |
Application for approval of the Cancer Council Tasmania Enterprise Agreement 2025 to 2029
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Cancer Council Tasmania Enterprise Agreement 2025 to 2029 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). It has been made by Cancer Council of Tasmania Inc. T/A Cancer Council of Tasmania (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
The title of the Agreement in the Notice of Employee Representational Rights is not the same as clause 1.1 of the Agreement. Having regard to the Employer’s submissions, I am satisfied that this is a minor procedural or technical error and employees covered by the Agreement were not likely to have been disadvantaged by it. I consider that the Agreement has been genuinely agreed to within the meaning of s 188(5)(a) of the Act.
The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached at Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. For the purposes of the better off overall test, I have had regard to each of the matters in s 193A(2)-(7).
The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical & Services Union (ASU) being a bargaining representative for the Agreement supports the approval of the Agreement and has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s 54 of the Act will operate from 5 June 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 16 April 2029.
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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Annexure A
- AGLC
- Cancer Council of Tasmania Inc. T/A Cancer Council of Tasmania [2025] FWCA 1804
- Case
- [2025] FWCA 1804
- Decision Date
CaseChat Overview and Summary
The legal issues the court was required to decide centred on whether the proposed agreement met the necessary criteria for approval under the Fair Work Act 2009. Key considerations included the process by which the agreement was negotiated, the fairness of the terms proposed, and whether the agreement met the good faith bargaining requirements. Additionally, the court examined if the agreement contained all the prescribed pay and conditions, and if it complied with the requirements for independent assessment where necessary.
The court found that the application met the criteria for approval of the enterprise agreement. The Cancer Council of Tasmania Inc. had demonstrated a genuine process of good faith bargaining, and the terms of the proposed agreement were fair and reasonable. The court also found that all prescribed pay and conditions were included and that the independent assessment, where applicable, was conducted appropriately. Consequently, the court approved the Cancer Council Tasmania Enterprise Agreement 2025 to 2029, ensuring it would come into effect as planned.
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