Application for approval of the Cooinda Village Aged Care Enterprise Agreement 2025

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Cooinda Village Aged Care Enterprise Agreement 2025 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Cooinda Village Inc. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. A copy of the undertakings is attached in Annexure A. I am 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. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188, 193 and 193A as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] Pursuant to s.205A(2) of the Act, the workplace delegates' rights term prescribed by the Nurses Award 2020 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The Australian Nursing and Midwifery 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.

[6] The Agreement is approved and in accordance with s.54, will operate from 19 March 2026. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 July 2029.

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