Northern Territory Commissioner for Public Employment

[2022] FWCA 243

[2022] FWCA 243

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Northern Territory Commissioner for Public Employment
(AG2021/9381)

NORTHERN TERRITORY PUBLIC SECTOR 2021 - 2025 ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT

Northern Territory
DEPUTY PRESIDENT DEAN	CANBERRA, 31 JANUARY 2022

Application for approval of the Northern Territory Public Sector 2021 - 2025 Enterprise Agreement.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Northern Territory Public Sector 2021 - 2025 Enterprise Agreement (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Northern Territory Commissioner for Public Employment (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

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

[3] Subject to the undertaking 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.

[4] The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia, the Australian Education Union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, the “Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union” known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union, the Transport Workers’ Union of Australia and the United Workers’ Union, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under section 183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover their organisation. In accordance with subsection 201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 February 2022. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 10 August 2025.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A