ClearView Administration Services Pty Limited

[2021] FWCA 5948

[2021] FWCA 5948

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

ClearView Administration Services Pty Limited
(AG2021/6968)

CLEARVIEW ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Banking finance and insurance industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT EASTON	SYDNEY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the ClearView Enterprise Agreement 2021.

[1] ClearView Administration Services Pty Limited (the Employer) has made an application for the approval of the ClearView Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The application was made under s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings, a copy of which are attached as Annexure A to this decision. The undertakings can be accepted under s.190 of the Act because I am satisfied that they will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the agreement pursuant to s.191 of the Act.

[3] Subject to the Employer’s undertakings, I am satisfied that each relevant requirement in sections 186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act has been met.

[4] Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] I note that the following clauses are potentially inconsistent with the National Employment Standards (NES):

● Clause 17.9 – Annual Leave

● Clause 29.2 – Termination (General)

● Clause 31.1 – Amounts owed

● Clause 32.3(b)(i) – Redundancy

[6] Noting the undertaking provided by the Employer, I am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[7] The Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) was a bargaining representative for 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) I note that the Agreement covers the FSU.

[8] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 29 September 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 29 September 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A