Estia Investments Pty Ltd T/A Estia Health
[2025] FWCA 425
•3 FEBRUARY 2025
| [2025] FWCA 425 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Estia Investments Pty Ltd T/A Estia Health
(AG2024/4933)
ESTIA HEALTH QUEENSLAND ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024
| Aged care industry | |
| COMMISSIONER P RYAN | SYDNEY, 3 FEBRUARY 2025 |
Application for approval of the Estia Health Queensland Enterprise Agreement 2024
Estia Investments Pty Ltd (Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Estia Health Queensland Enterprise Agreement 2024 (Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
Section 190 Undertakings
The Employer 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.
Sections 186, 187, 188 and 190
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the FW Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In coming to this conclusion, I have had regard to the material contained in the application, the accompanying declaration, the responses to issues identified, and the Statement of Principles.[1]
Section 183 Bargaining Representative
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), the Health Services Union (HSU), and the United Workers’ Union (UWU), each being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the FW Act that they want the Agreement to cover them.
In accordance with s.201(2), I note that the Agreement covers the ANMF, the AWU, the HSU, and the UWU.
Approval
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the FW Act, will operate from 10 February 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2027.
COMMISSIONER
Annexure A
[1] Fair Work (Statement of Principles on Genuine Agreement) Instrument 2023.
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