Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc T/A Foundation House

[2015] FWCA 656

[2015] FWCA 656

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc T/A Foundation House
(AG2014/10086)

VICTORIAN FOUNDATION FOR SURVIVORS OF TORTURE INC. ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2014

Social, community, home care and disability services
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 27 JANUARY 2015

Application for approval of the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc. Enterprise Agreement 2014.

[1] On 28 November 2014 Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc. 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 Applicant has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached as Annexure A. The Commission is 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. In any case, the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (ASU) has indicated its acceptance of the undertakings.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, the Commission is satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[5] The ASU, 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), the Commission notes that the Agreement covers this organisation.

[6] The Agreement is approved. In accordance with s 54 of the Act the Agreement will operate from 3 February 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 26 January 2018.

COMMISSIONER

Annexure A

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