Goodwin Village

[2014] FWCA 343

[2014] FWCA 343

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Goodwin Village
(AG2013/11693)

GOODWIN VILLAGE HEALTH AND ALLIED SERVICES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Aged care industry
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 14 JANUARY 2014

Application for approval of the Goodwin Village Health and Allied Services Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] On 28 November 2013 Goodwin Village (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Goodwin Village Health and Allied Services Enterprise Agreement 2013 (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 Applicant has provided written undertakings. The undertakings provide the dispute resolution procedure to be followed for disputes arising under the National Employment Standards. A copy of the undertakings is attached as Annexure A. The Commission is 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. In any case, the Health Services Union (HSU) and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) have indicated their acceptance of the undertakings.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, the Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[5] The HSU and ANMF, 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 these organisations.

[6] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 21 January 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 March 2016.

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ANNEXURE A