Independent Education Union of Australia
[2023] FWCA 665
•1 MARCH 2023
| [2023] FWCA 665 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Independent Education Union of Australia
(AG2023/275)
Towri MACS Early Childhood Employee Collective Agreement 2021
| Educational services | |
| DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE | SYDNEY, 1 MARCH 2023 |
Application for approval of the Towri MACS Early Childhood Employee Collective Agreement 2021 Application for approval of the Towri MACS Early Childhood Employee Collective Agreement 2021
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the Towri MACS Early Childhood Employee Collective Agreement 2021 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by the Towri Aboriginal Corporation (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
Undertakings
The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 27 January 2023. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2020), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.
Coverage of employee organisation(s)
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 to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.
Conclusion
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.
I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 8 March 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2023.
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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