Jallarah Homes Inc

[2014] FWCA 3415

[2014] FWCA 3415

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Jallarah Homes Inc
(AG2014/5836)

JALLARAH HOMES INC AGED CARE EMPLOYEES AND UNITED VOICE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Aged care industry
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON	ADELAIDE, 26 MAY 2014

Application for approval of the Jallarah Homes Inc Aged Care Employees and United Voice Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Jallarah Homes Inc Aged Care Employees and United Voice Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Jallarah Homes Inc. The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] On 14 May 2014, I conducted a telephone conference of the parties to seek clarification about aspects of the Agreement.

[3] The employer subsequently provided further clarification of the parties’ intentions and proposed formal written undertakings which are appended to the Agreement as approved.

[4] I have sought the view of the bargaining representatives and accepted the undertakings pursuant to s.190 of the Act. As a result, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] United Voice, 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) of the Act I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 2 June 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 July 2016.

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