Independent Education Union of Australia

[2018] FWCA 535

[2018] FWCA 535

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Independent Education Union of Australia
(AG2017/6160)

LOWOOD AND DISTRICT KINDERGARTEN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2017

Educational services
COMMISSIONER HARPER-GREENWELL	MELBOURNE, 25 JANUARY 2018

Application for approval of the Lowood and District Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Collective Agreement 2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Lowood and District Kindergarten Early Childhood Education Collective Agreement 2017 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Independent Education Union of Australia. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] 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.

[3] The Independent Education Union of Australia 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.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 25 January 2018 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 1 February 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2019.

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