Seventh-day Adventist Schools (South Queensland) Ltd T/A Brisbane Adventist College; Darling Downs Adventist College; Hope Adventist College; Gold Coast Christian College; Ipswich Adventist School; Noosa Christian...

Case

[2024] FWCA 1398

18 APRIL 2024


[2024] FWCA 1398

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Seventh-day Adventist Schools (South Queensland) Ltd T/A Brisbane Adventist College; Darling Downs Adventist College; Hope Adventist College; Gold Coast Christian College; Ipswich Adventist School; Noosa Christian College; Northpine Christian College

(AG2024/978)

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS (SOUTH QUEENSLAND) LIMITED TEACHERS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024

Educational services

COMMISSIONER DURHAM

BRISBANE, 18 APRIL 2024

Application for approval of the Seventh-day Adventist Schools (South Queensland) Limited Teachers Enterprise Agreement 2024

  1. An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Seventh-day Adventist Schools (South Queensland) Limited Teachers Enterprise Agreement 2024 (the Agreement). The Application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Seventh-day Adventist Schools (South Queensland) Ltd T/A Brisbane Adventist College; Darling Downs Adventist College; Hope Adventist College; Gold Coast Christian College; Ipswich Adventist School; Noosa Christian College; Northpine Christian College (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

  1. The Applicant has provided written undertakings. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

  1. Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

  1. The Independent Education Union of Australia ­ Queensland and Northern Territory Branch (IEUA) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration giving 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 the Agreement covers the IEUA.

  1. The Agreement is approved and will operate in accordance with s.54 of the Act. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2027.

COMMISSIONER

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