LIFE EDUCATION NSW (EDUCATORS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2025

Application for approval of the Life Education NSW (Educators) Enterprise Agreement 2025.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Life Education NSW (Educators) 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 Life Education NSW Limited. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement

[2] The Notice of Employee Representational Rights (NERR) given to employees was not in the prescribed form as required under s.174(1A) of the Act in that an outdated version was used. I am satisfied that this constitutes a minor procedural or technical error for the purposes of s188(5)(a) and that the employees covered by the Agreement were not likely to have been disadvantaged by the error.

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

[4] The Independent Education 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.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 19 September 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 11 September 2028.

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