ST VINCENT'S PRIVATE HOSPITALS LTD VICTORIA AND THE AUSTRALIAN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY FEDERATION NURSES AND MIDWIVES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024

Application for approval of the St Vincent's Private Hospitals Ltd Victoria and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Nurses and Midwives Enterprise Agreement 2024

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the St Vincent's Private Hospitals Ltd Victoria and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Nurses and Midwives Enterprise Agreement 2024 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by St Vincent's Private Hospitals Ltd trading as St Vincent's Private Hospitals. The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss. 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. St Vincent's Private Hospitals and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) have both expressed a view that the Agreement passes the better off overall test. I have given primary consideration to this common view in accordance with s.193A(4) of the Act.

[3] The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) 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. The ANMF supports approval of the Agreement.

[4] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 22 April 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2027.

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