Commissioner for Public Employment in the Northern Territory T/A Commissioner for Public Employment

[2019] FWCA 1181

[2019] FWCA 1181

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Commissioner for Public Employment in the Northern Territory T/A Commissioner for Public Employment
(AG2018/6389)

NORTHERN TERRITORY PUBLIC SECTOR NURSES AND MIDWIVES' 2018 - 2022 ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT

Health and welfare services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASSON	MELBOURNE, 22 FEBRUARY 2019

Application for approval of the Northern Territory Public Sector Nurses and Midwives' 2018 - 2022 Enterprise Agreement.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Northern Territory Public Sector Nurses and Midwives’ 2018 - 2022 Enterprise Agreement (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Commissioner for Public Employment in the Northern Territory T/A Commissioner for Public Employment. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] 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.

[4] The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation 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.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 1 March 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 20 August 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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