Seaford District Community Children’s Centre Inc

[2019] FWCA 1781

[2019] FWCA 1781

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Seaford District Community Children’s Centre Inc
(AG2018/6817)

UNITED VOICE - SEAFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHILDREN’S CENTRE INC COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT 2018

Children’s services
COMMISSIONER PLATT	ADELAIDE, 19 MARCH 2019

Application for approval of the United Voice - Seaford District Community Children’s Centre Inc Collective Agreement 2018.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the United Voice - Seaford District Community Children’s Centre Inc Collective Agreement 2018 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Seaford District Community Children’s Centre Inc. The agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The matter was allocated to my Chambers on 28 February 2019.

[3] On 8 March 2019, I conducted a telephone conference with the parties to seek clarification about aspects of the Agreement and invited the Applicant to address these matters including the provision of an undertaking.

[4] The Applicant has submitted an undertaking in the required form dated 13 March 2019. The undertaking deals with the following topics:

•  The Applicant has increased the wage rates for SW 3.1 (Trade rate) as set out in Schedule 3.1 of the Agreement.

[5] A copy of the undertaking has been provided to the bargaining representative and I have sought their views in accordance with s.190(4) of the Act. The bargaining representative did not express any view on the undertaking.

[6] The undertaking appears to meet the requirements of s.190(3) of the Act and I have accepted it. As a result, the undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[7] “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.

[8] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[9] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 days from the date of approval of the Agreement. The nominal expiry date is 30 June 2021.

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