Communities@Work t/a Communities at Work
[2024] FWCA 2574
•10 JULY 2024
| [2024] FWCA 2574 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Communities@Work t/a Communities at Work
(AG2024/1983)
COMMUNITIES AT WORK (GALILEE SCHOOL) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024-2027
| Educational services | |
| DEPUTY PRESIDENT ROBERTS | SYDNEY, 10 JULY 2024 |
Application for approval of the Communities at Work (Galilee School) Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Communities at Work (Galilee School) Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027 (the Agreement). The Application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Communities@Work t/a Communities at Work (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
The Applicant has provided written undertakings (Annexure A). In accordance with s.190(4) of the Act the views of the bargaining representatives for the agreement were sought in relation to the undertakings. 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.
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as is relevant to this application for approval has been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.
I note that Clause 46.2 of the Agreement provides that this Agreement is read in conjunction with the National Employment Standards (NES) and if a term of this Agreement is detrimental in any respect to an Employee when compared to the NES, the NES prevails to to the extent of this detriment.
The Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch (IEU) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration giving 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 the Agreement covers the IEU.
The Agreement is approved and will operate in accordance with s.54 of the Act. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 17 July 2027.
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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