TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

Industrial Relations Act 1984
s.61J - application for the approval of an enterprise agreement

Geeveston Online Inc

and

Cheryl Robertson the part-time access centre Manager for Geeveston Online Access Centre at School Road, Geeveston, Tas
[TE1310 of 2003]

GEEVESTON ONLINE ACCESS CENTRE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT

Enterprise Agreement - agreement approved - operative 2 October 2003 until 30 June 2006

APPROVAL OF ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT

(1) This application concerns the Geeveston Online Access Centre Enterprise Agreement. The parties lodged the agreement on 24 September 2003 pursuant to s.61H of the Industrial Relations Act 1984. At the hearing of this matter on 2 Ocotber 2003, with the parties' consent, I amended Clause 18 of the agreement as lodged.

(2) The employer party to the agreement is Geeveston Online Inc. The employee party is Cheryl Robertson the part-time access centre Manager for Geeveston Online Access Centre at School Road, Geeveston, Tasmania.

(3) The agreement will commence operation from 2 October 2003 and remain in force until 30 June 2006.

(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:-

"(1) A party to an enterprise agreement, within 14 days after receipt of a notice under section 61J, may give written notice to the other parties of the intention to withdraw from the agreement.

(2) A copy of the withdrawal notice is to be lodged with the Enterprise Commissioner within the period referred to in subsection (1).

(3) If the parties to an enterprise agreement (other than the employer) include individuals or an employee committee, notice of withdrawal from the agreement by those parties may only be given if at least 60% of the persons employed in the enterprise in the one or more classes of employment to which the agreement is to apply agree to it."

 

P C Shelley
Commissioner

Appearances:
Nicole Wells for Geeveston Online Inc
Cheryl Robertson representing herself

Date and place of hearing:
2003
October 2
Hobart