Warrina Innisfail

[2016] FWCA 9064

[2016] FWCA 9064

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Warrina Innisfail
(AG2016/6744)

WARRINA INNISFALL, AUSTRALIA WORKERS UNION AND SUPPORT STAFF ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2016

Aged care industry
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 19 DECEMBER 2016

Application for approval of the Warrina Innisfail, Australian Workers Union and Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2016.

[1] On 31 October 2016, Warrina Innisfail (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Warrina Innisfall, Australia Workers Union and Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2016 (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 employee representative has signed the undertakings to indicate its support.

[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 Australian Workers’ 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), 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 26 December 2016. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 July 2019.

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Annexure A