Ringwood Area Lions Aged Care Inc

[2014] FWCA 4262

[2014] FWCA 4262

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Ringwood Area Lions Aged Care Inc
(AG2014/6256)

RINGWOOD AREA LIONS AGED CARE (RALAC) LIONSBRAE, ANMF AND HSU ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Aged care industry
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 27 JUNE 2014

Application for approval of the Ringwood Area Lions Aged Care (RALAC) Lionsbrae, ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] On 30 May 2014 Ringwood Area Lions Aged Care Inc (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Ringwood Area Lions Aged Care (RALAC) Lionsbrae, ANMF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2014 (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, have been met.

[4] On 19 June 2014 the Applicant’s representative wrote to the Commission advising of typographical errors in the Agreement. The operative dates in Appendix A on pages 82, 83 and 84 of the Agreement filed with the application read “1/11”. The Applicant sought to have the Agreement amended to read “1/07” which is consistent with the rest of the Agreement.

[5] Pursuant to s.586 of the FW Act, the Commission is satisfied the amendments should be made.

[6] The Health Services Union Victorian Branch and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s 183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s 201(2), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[7] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 4 July 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 July 2016.

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