Lifehouse Australia as the trustee for Lifehouse Australia Trust T/A Lifehouse Australia
[2023] FWCA 3085
•22 SEPTEMBER 2023
| [2023] FWCA 3085 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
Lifehouse Australia as the trustee for Lifehouse Australia Trust T/A Lifehouse Australia
(AG2023/3184)
LIFEHOUSE NURSES AGREEMENT 2022
| Health and welfare services | |
| DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASSON | MELBOURNE, 22 SEPTEMBER 2023 |
Application for approval of the Lifehouse Nurses Agreement 2022.
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Lifehouse Nurses Agreement 2022 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Lifehouse Australia as the trustee for Lifehouse Australia Trust T/A Lifehouse Australia. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (Cth) (Amending Act) made a number of changes to enterprise agreement approval processes in Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act, which commenced operation on 6 June 2023. By reason of the transitional arrangements for the Amending Act and the notification time for the Agreement of 2 March 2022, the genuine agreement requirements for agreement approval in Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act, as it was just before 6 June 2023 apply to the present application. Further, as the Agreement was made on 28 August 2023 the better off overall test provisions in Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act as amended on 6 June 2023 apply.
The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation 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.
The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 29 September 2023. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2025.
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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