Independent Education Union of Australia

[2013] FWCA 7446

[2013] FWCA 7446

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Independent Education Union of Australia
(AG2013/2828)

BARCALDINE KINDERGARTEN ASSOCIATION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2013

Educational services
COMMISSIONER BISSETT	BRISBANE, 25 SEPTEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Barcaldine Kindergarten Association Collective Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Barcaldine Kindergarten Association Collective Agreement 2013 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by the Independent Education Union of Australia – Queensland and Northern Territory Branch (IEU – Qld and NT Branch). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[3] The IEU – Qld and NT Branch, 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 is approved. In accordance with s.54(1) it will operate from 2 October 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2014.

COMMISSIONER

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