Golden Plains Shire Council

[2020] FWCA 5323

[2020] FWCA 5323

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.210—Enterprise agreement

Golden Plains Shire Council
(AG2020/2823)

GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE COUNCIL ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT NO.8, 2017

Local government administration
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASSON	MELBOURNE, 6 OCTOBER 2020

Application for variation of the Golden Plains Shire Council Enterprise Agreement No.8, 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of a variation to the Golden Plains Shire Council Enterprise Agreement No.8, 2017 (the Agreement). The application was made by Golden Plains Shire Council pursuant to section 210 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

[2] The application seeks to vary various clauses of the Agreement. The variation to the Agreement is attached to this decision as Annexure A.

[3] The Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure B. 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.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying statutory declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.211 and 212 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[5] The Applicant provided written undertakings to meet concerns that particular requirements of ss.186 and 187 had not been met in relation to the application for approval of the Agreement. The undertakings were accepted and the Agreement was approved on 17 July 2018. Those undertakings form part of the Agreement as varied.

[6] The variation is approved and the consolidated version of the Agreement, as varied, is attached to this decision.

[7] In accordance with s.216 of the Act, the variation operates from 6 October 2020.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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