Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority T/A ESTA

[2022] FWCA 213

[2022] FWCA 213

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority T/A ESTA

(AG2021/9187)

Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2021

Telecommunications services
COMMISSIONER O'NEILL	MELBOURNE, 27 JANUARY 2022

Application for approval of the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2021

1. ESTA has applied for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and is a single enterprise agreement.

1. The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

1. 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.

1. The Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services 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.

1. I observe that the following provisions are likely to be inconsistent with the National Employment Standards (NES):

·           Clause 33.9 – Carer’s Leave; and

·           Clauses 35.4 and 35.5 – Family Violence Leave – Eligibility.

However, noting the undertakings given by the Employer, I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 3 February 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2025.

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Annexure A