Lifehouse at RPA as trustee for Lifehouse at RPA Trust

[2013] FWCA 7007

[2013] FWCA 7007

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Lifehouse at RPA as trustee for Lifehouse at RPA Trust
(AG2013/2528)

LIFEHOUSE STAFF SPECIALISTS GREENFIELDS AGREEMENT 2013

Health and welfare services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOOTH	SYDNEY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2013

Application for approval of the Lifehouse Staff Specialists Greenfields Agreement 2013.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Lifehouse Staff Specialists Greenfields 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 Lifehouse at RPA as trustee for Lifehouse at RPA Trust. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement made as referred to in s.172(2)(b) of the Act (a greenfields agreement).

[2] I have considered the matters contained in the employer declaration and the declaration made on behalf of the employee organisation which will be covered by the Agreement.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.172, 186 and 187 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met. In accordance with s.187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 20 September 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2014.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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