Highfields District Kindergarten Assoc Inc

[2022] FWCA 4610

[2022] FWCA 4610

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Highfields District Kindergarten Assoc Inc

(AG2022/5287)

Highfields & District Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Enterprise Agreement 2022

Educational services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT GOSTENCNIK	MELBOURNE, 29 DECEMBER 2022

Application for approval of the Highfields & District Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Enterprise Agreement 2022

1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Highfields & District Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Enterprise Agreement 2022 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Highfields District Kindergarten Assoc Inc. The Agreement 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 Independent Education Union, 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. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 5 January 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2025.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A