The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland Newcastle T/A The Diocese of Maitland Newcastle Catholic Schools Office

[2020] FWCA 4527

[2020] FWCA 4527

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland Newcastle T/A The Diocese of Maitland Newcastle Catholic Schools Office
(AG2020/2128)

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE, DIOCESE OF MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE EMPLOYEES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019-2021

Educational services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT BOYCE	SYDNEY, 26 AUGUST 2020

Application for approval of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Catholic Schools Office Staff Enterprise Agreement 2019-2021.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Catholic Schools Office Staff Enterprise Agreement 2019-2021 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland Newcastle (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 25 August 2020. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award 2010), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, 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.

[4] I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[5] The Independent Education Union of Australia, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 2 September 2020. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2021.

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