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TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1984 Wynyard Online Access Centre Inc and Ms Bronwyn Dall, the part-time access centre co-ordinator WYNYARD ONLINE ACCESS CENTRE INC ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT
Enterprise Agreement - agreement approved - operative 7 April 2003 until 28 January 2004 APPROVAL OF ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT [1] This application concerns the Wynyard Online Access Centre Inc Enterprise Agreement. The parties lodged the agreement on 11 February 2003 pursuant to s.61H of the Industrial Relations Act 1984. [2] The employer party to the agreement is the Wynyard Online Access Centre Inc. The employee party is the part-time access centre co-ordinator, Ms B Dall. [3] The agreement will commence operation from 7 April 2003 and remain in force until 28 January 2004. [4] At the hearing of this matter I waived the necessity for the parties to hold a secret ballot and satisfied myself having regard to the evidence and materials before me, that:- (a) the agreement contains the matters referred to in s.61E of the Act; (b) the conditions of employment fixed by the agreement, where relevant, are not less than the minimum conditions of employment set out in s.61F of the Act; (c) pursuant to the provisions of s.61I(2) of the Act, the parties to the agreement satisfied me that they are aware of (i) their entitlements and obligations under the agreement and under Part IVA of the Act; (ii) the changes to existing conditions of employment which will result from the agreement taking effect; and (iii) that they were provided with written statements to that effect at least two weeks before the ballot to approve the agreement; (d) in terms of s.61J(1)(ca) of the Act, there is no reason to believe that the bargaining process adopted by the parties to the agreement was not appropriate and fair; (e) in terms of s.61J(1)(d) of the Act, there is no reason to believe the agreement was made under duress; and (f) in terms of s.61J(1)(f) of the Act, there is no reason to believe the agreement is not fair in all the circumstances. [5] In the circumstances I approve the agreement pursuant to s.61J(1) of the Act. I hereby notify the parties and the Minister of that approval and, in doing so, inform the parties of their right to withdraw from the agreement under s.61K of the Act, which provides that:-
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