Palmwoods Community Kindergarten

[2017] FWCA 2436

[2017] FWCA 2436

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Palmwoods Community Kindergarten
(AG2017/581)

PALMWOODS KINDERGARTEN ASSOCIATION EARLY CHILDHOOD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017

Educational services
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	SYDNEY, 3 MAY 2017

Application for approval of the Palmwoods Kindergarten Association Early Childhood Enterprise Agreement 2017.

[1] On 27 February 2017 Palmwoods Community Kindergarten (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Palmwoods Kindergarten Association Early Childhood Enterprise Agreement 2017 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The Agreement is a single-enterprise agreement.

[2] The Agreement was lodged within 14 days after it was made.

[3] The Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, has been met.

[4] 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), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[5] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 10 May 2017. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2019.

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