Lutwyche-Windsor Kindergarten & Preschool Assoc. Inc. T/A Lutwyche Windsor Kindergarten & Preschool

[2018] FWCA 6458

[2018] FWCA 6458

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Lutwyche-Windsor Kindergarten & Preschool Assoc. Inc. T/A Lutwyche Windsor Kindergarten & Preschool
(AG2018/2259)

LUTWYCHE WINDSOR KINDERGARTEN & PRESCHOOL ASSOC INC. EARLY CHILDHOOD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2018

Educational services
COMMISSIONER HARPER-GREENWELL	MELBOURNE, 18 OCTOBER 2018

Application for approval of the Lutwyche Windsor Kindergarten & Preschool Assoc Inc. Early Childhood Enterprise Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Lutwyche Windsor Kindergarten & Preschool Assoc Inc. Early Childhood Enterprise Agreement 2018 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Lutwyche-Windsor Kindergarten & Preschool Assoc. Inc. T/A Lutwyche Windsor Kindergarten & Preschool. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of the employer, however, taking into account the factors in Section 186(3) and (3A) I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.

[3] 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 the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 18 October 2018 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 25 October 2018. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2020.

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