Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association

[2014] FWCA 2722

[2014] FWCA 2722

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association
(AG2014/5651)

VICTORIAN PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR (DENTAL THERAPISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND ORAL HEALTH THERAPISTS’) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013-2017

Health and welfare services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT HAMILTON	MELBOURNE, 24 APRIL 2014

Application for approval of the Victorian Public Health Sector (Dental Therapists, Dental Hygienists and Oral Health Therapists’) Enterprise Agreement 2013-2017.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Victorian Public Health Sector (Dental Therapists, Dental Hygienists and Oral Health Therapists’) Enterprise Agreement 2013-2017 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association (VHIA). The agreement is a multi-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.

[3] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 1 May 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 May 2017.

[4] The agreement does not contain a model consultation term compliant with the Act. Pursuant to s.205 of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union 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), I note that the Agreement covers the organisation.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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