Independent Education Union of Australia

[2022] FWCA 1935

[2022] FWCA 1935

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Independent Education Union of Australia

(AG2022/1796)

Yeppoon & District Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Collective Enterprise Agreement 2022

Educational services
COMMISSIONER HUNT	BRISBANE, 21 JUNE 2022

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

1. The Independent Education Union of Australia has applied for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Yeppoon & District Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Collective Enterprise Agreement 2022 (the Agreement). The Agreement covers employees employed by Yeppoon & District Kindergarten Association Incorporated T/A Yeppoon & District Kindergarten (the Employer). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement. 

1. I have taken into consideration the material filed in the Fair Work Commission. I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

1. The Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory Branch (the IEU) 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) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers the IEU.

1. The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 28 June 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2024.

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