Application for approval of the Loddon Shire Council Enterprise Agreement No. 10 - 2025

[1] Loddon Shire Council (the Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Loddon Shire Council Enterprise Agreement No. 10 - 2025 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act). 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, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of sections 186, 187, 188 and 190, as are relevant to this application for approval, has been met.

[4] The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (ASU) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have each given notice under s.183 of the FW Act that they each want the Agreement to cover them. In accordance with s.201(2) (and based on the declaration provided by the organisations), I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54, will operate from 6 March 2026. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2028.

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