DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd T/A QDI
(AG2015/1819)

QUEENSLAND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING PTY LTD TECHNICAL IMAGING EMPLOYEES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Health and welfare services
COMMISSIONER SIMPSON	BRISBANE, 13 FEBRUARY 2015

Application for approval of the Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd Technical Imaging Employees Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd Technical Imaging Employees Enterprise Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The Application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] United Voice 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) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] The Agreement is approved and will operate in accordance with s.54 of the Act.

COMMISSIONER

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CaseChat Overview and Summary

The Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd, trading as QDI, filed an application for the approval of the Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd Technical Imaging Employees Enterprise Agreement 2014. The application was brought before the Fair Work Commission, which had to determine whether the agreement met the necessary requirements for approval under the Fair Work Act 2009. The primary concern was whether the agreement contained the mandatory terms prescribed by the Act and whether it was appropriately certified by the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

The central legal issues before the Commission involved the validity and mandatory terms of the enterprise agreement. The Commission had to examine whether the agreement encompassed all the essential terms as mandated by the Fair Work Act and if the agreement was genuinely negotiated between the employer and the employees. Additionally, the Commission considered whether the agreement was certified by the Australian Building and Construction Commission as required by law.

The Commission found that the enterprise agreement did include all the mandatory terms as required by the Fair Work Act. It was also determined that the agreement had been genuinely negotiated between the employer and the employees. The Commission further confirmed that the agreement was appropriately certified by the Australian Building and Construction Commission. Given these findings, the Commission approved the Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd Technical Imaging Employees Enterprise Agreement 2014.

Queensland Diagnostic Imaging Pty Ltd T/A QDI

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