Yooralla

[2015] FWCA 972

[2015] FWCA 972

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Yooralla
(AG2014/11004)

YOORALLA THERAPISTS AGREEMENT 2014

Health and welfare services
COMMISSIONER JOHNS	MELBOURNE, 10 FEBRUARY 2015

Application for approval of the Yooralla Therapists Agreement 2014.

[1] On 24 December 2014 Yooralla (Applicant) made an application for approval of the Yooralla Therapists 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. Copies of the undertakings are attached as Annexure A and Annexure B. 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 Health Services Union of Australia 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 Health Services Union of Australia, 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 17 February 2015. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2016.

COMMISSIONER

Annexure A

Annexure B

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