Independent Education Union of Australia

[2020] FWCA 1723

[2020] FWCA 1723

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Independent Education Union of Australia
(AG2020/803)

LAIDLEY KINDERGARTEN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COLLECTIVE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019

Children's services
COMMISSIONER HUNT	BRISBANE, 31 MARCH 2020

Application for approval of the Laidley Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Collective Enterprise Agreement 2019.

[1] The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEU) has applied for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Laidley Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Collective Enterprise Agreement 2019 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The application is supported by the employer, Laidley Kindergarten Association Inc.

[3] Mr Paul Giles, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer of the IEU, filed a Form F18 statutory declaration stating the IEU supported the approval of the Agreement and giving notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it.

[4] 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.

[5] In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers the IEU.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 April 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2022.

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