Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM)

[2014] FWCA 5614

[2014] FWCA 5614

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM)
(AG2014/7004)

VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE (SPECIALIST FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS AND PHYSICIANS) AGREEMENT 2014

Health and welfare services
DEPUTY PRESIDENT HAMILTON	MELBOURNE, 21 AUGUST 2014

Application for approval of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (Specialist Forensic Pathologists and Physicians) Agreement 2014.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (Specialist Forensic Pathologists and Physicians) Agreement 2014 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM). 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.

[3] The agreement does not contain a consultation provision in the terms of s.205 of the Act. Pursuant to s.205(2) of the Act, the model consultation term prescribed by the Fair Work Regulations 2009 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[4] The Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation, 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.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 28 August 2014. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2017.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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