Good Shepherd Lodge Limited as Trustee for the Good Shepherd Lodge Charitable Trust T/A Good Shepherd Lodge

[2013] FWCA 1514

[2013] FWCA 1514

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Good Shepherd Lodge Limited as Trustee for the Good Shepherd Lodge Charitable Trust T/A Good Shepherd Lodge
(AG2013/167)

GOOD SHEPHERD LODGE - NURSES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2012

Health and welfare services
COMMISSIONER BOOTH	BRISBANE, 19 MARCH 2013

Application for approval of the Good Shepherd Lodge - Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2012 .

[1] An application has been made for approval of a single enterprise agreement known as the Good Shepherd Lodge - Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2012 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Good Shepherd Lodge Limited as Trustee for the Good Shepherd Lodge Charitable Trust T/A Good Shepherd Lodge.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] For the avoidance of doubt, the employer confirmed by way of letter dated 6 March 2013 that Level 4 Registered Nurses are rostered full time, Monday to Friday. They are not required to work weekends or public holidays.

[4] The Australian Nursing Federation and Queensland Nurses Union of Employees, 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 26 March 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 November 2015.

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