Mount Alexander Shire Council

[2021] FWCA 6759

[2021] FWCA 6759

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Mount Alexander Shire Council
(AG2021/8232)

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE COUNCIL ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT NUMBER 8 2020-2024

Local government administration
DEPUTY PRESIDENT YOUNG	MELBOURNE, 19 NOVEMBER 2021

Application for approval of the Mount Alexander Shire Council Enterprise Agreement Number 8 2020-2024

[1] Mount Alexander Shire Council (the Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Mount Alexander Shire Council Enterprise Agreement Number 8 2020-2024 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached at Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application, and the accompanying statutory declaration and the additional information provided by the Employer, 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.

[4] The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s 183 of the Act that they seek to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s 201(2) and based on the statutory declaration provided by these organisations, I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 19 November 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 26 November 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 22 September 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A