DPG Services Pty Ltd T/A Opal Aged Care

[2016] FWCA 5943

[2016] FWCA 5943

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

DPG Services Pty Ltd T/A Opal Aged Care
(AG2016/3911)

OPAL AGED CARE (NSW) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016

Aged care industry
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	SYDNEY, 23 AUGUST 2016

Application for approval of the Opal Aged Care (NSW) Enterprise Agreement 2016.

[1] On 14 July 2016 DPG Services Pty Ltd T/A Opal Aged Care (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Opal Aged Care (NSW) Enterprise Agreement 2016 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] The Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, has been met.

[4] The Health Services Union of Australia, the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s 183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s 201(2), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 30 August 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2019.

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