Victoria State Emergency Service Authority Trading AS Victoria State Emergency Service

VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024

Application for approval of the Victoria State Emergency Service Enterprise Agreement 2024

[1] Victoria State Emergency Service Authority (ABN: 61 279 597 238) has applied for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Victoria State Emergency Service Enterprise Agreement 2024 under s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009.

[2] The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[3] Clause 7.5 of the Agreement gives precedence to the NES and I am satisfied that the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[4] The Employer has provided written undertakings. 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.

[5] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[6] The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration giving notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2) of the Act, I note the Agreement covers the CPSU.

[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s 54 of the Act, will operate from 25 July 2025.

[8] In accordance with clause 4.1, the nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 9 April 2028.

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