Christ Church Grammar School
[2025] FWCA 23
•3 JANUARY 2025
| [2025] FWCA 23 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Christ Church Grammar School
(AG2024/4770)
CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL AGREEMENT 2024 – 2027
| Educational services | |
| COMMISSIONER ALLISON | MELBOURNE, 3 JANUARY 2025 |
Application for approval of the Christ Church Grammar School Agreement 2024 – 2027
Christ Church Grammar School (the Employer) has made an application, pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act), for approval of a single enterprise agreement known as the Christ Church Grammar School Agreement 2024 – 2027 (the Agreement).
The Independent Education Union of Australia being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.
Clause 36 of the Agreement, relating to Ordinary Hours of Work, does not specify the maximum number of days that an employee would be required to attend during term weeks and non-term weeks in each school year. This contrasts with Clause 15.5 of the Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2020 (the Award), which provides a maximum limit of 205 days per school year. The Employer provided an undertaking which matches Clause 15.5 of the Award to address this issue.
A copy of the undertaking is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertaking will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertaking is taken to be a term of the agreement.
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 10 January 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 3 January 2028.
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