MacDonnell Regional Council
[2022] FWCA 1673
•20 MAY 2022
| [2022] FWCA 1673 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement
MacDonnell Regional Council
(AG2022/1376)
MacDonnell Regional Council Enterprise Agreement 2021
| Local government administration | |
| COMMISSIONER LEE | MELBOURNE, 20 MAY 2022 |
Application for approval of the MacDonnell Regional Council Enterprise Agreement 2021
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the MacDonnell Regional Council Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by MacDonnell Regional Council. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
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 United Workers’ Union and Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have each 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 organisations.
I observe that the following provision is likely to be inconsistent with the National Employment Standards (NES):
· Clause 22.2(b) – Resignation.
However, noting clause 4.3 of the Agreement, 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 27 May 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2024.
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