Independent Education Union of Australia
[2022] FWCA 48
•10 JANUARY 2022
| [2022] FWCA 48 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
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Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Independent Education Union of Australia
(AG2021/8445)
GOONDIWINDI KINDERGARTEN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COLLECTIVE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020
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| COMMISSIONER P RYAN | SYDNEY, 10 JANUARY 2022 |
Application for approval of the Goondiwindi Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Collective Enterprise Agreement 2020
The Independent Education Union of Australia (the Applicant) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Goondiwindi Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Collective Enterprise Agreement 2020 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
Section 190 Undertakings
The employer, the Goondiwindi Kindergarten Association Inc., 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.
Sections 186, 187, 188 and 190
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.
Section 183
The Independent Education Union of Australia (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), I note that the Agreement covers the IEU.
Approval
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 17 January 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2023.
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