Mercy Health

[2013] FWCA 2854

[2013] FWCA 2854

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Mercy Health
(AG2013/6228)

NURSES (MERCY HOSPICE INCORPORATED) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2012-2016

Health and welfare services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT HAMILTON	MELBOURNE, 8 MAY 2013

Application for approval of the Nurses (Mercy Hospice Incorporated) Enterprise Agreement 2012-2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Nurses (Mercy Hospice Incorporated) Enterprise Agreement 2012-2016 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Mercy Health. 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.

[3] The application was not lodged within 14 days after the agreement was made. Pursuant to s.185(3)(b), in all the circumstances I consider it fair to extend the time for making the application to the date it was actually made.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 15 May 2013. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 October 2016.

[5] The Australian Nursing 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.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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