The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd

[2016] FWCA 4963

[2016] FWCA 4963

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd
(AG2016/1687)

ARTHUR GORRIE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE NURSES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016

Health and welfare services
COMMISSIONER ROE	MELBOURNE, 25 JULY 2016

Application for approval of the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The Agreement does not cover all of the employees of the employer, however, taking into account the factors in Section 186(3) and (3A) I am satisfied that the group of employees was fairly chosen.

[3] The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and the Queensland Nurses Union, 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) I note that the Agreement covers the organisations.

[4] The Agreement was approved on 25 July 2016 and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 1 August 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 1 March 2019.

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