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T12926

 

TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

Industrial Relations Act 1984
s.55 application for filing an industrial agreement

G P Assist (Tasmania)

and

Australian Nursing Federation Tasmanian Branch
(T12926 of 2007)

G P ASSIST (TASMANIA) NURSES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2006

 

COMMISSIONER T J ABEY

HOBART, 9 May 2007

Industrial agreement - application approved - operative date 8 May 2007 - forwarded to Registrar for registration

REASONS FOR DECISION

[1] On 19 April 2007, G P Assist (Tasmania) and the Australian Nursing Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANF) lodged with the Registrar, pursuant to Section 55(2) of the Industrial Relations Act 1984, the G P Assist (Tasmania) Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2006.

[2] When this matter came on for hearing on 8 May 2007, Ms A Pregnell appeared for G P Assist (Tasmania) and Ms A Stanislaus-Large appeared for the ANF.

[3] Ms Stanislaus-Large explained that this was the first occasion whereby employees of G P Assist had sought to be covered by a registered collective agreement.

[4] To the extent of any inconsistency, this agreement displaces the Medical Practitioners (Private Sector) Award. The hourly rate is in excess of the award prescription and the ANF submitted that the no disadvantage test was satisfied.

[5] Ms Pregnell consented to the application.

[6] Both parties acknowledged that the duration of the agreement was dependant on continued Commonwealth Government funding.

[7] I am satisfied that the agreement is consistent with both the Wage Fixing Principles and the public interest requirements of the Act, and does not disadvantage the employees concerned.

[8] Pursuant to s.55 of the Act, the agreement is approved operative from 8 May 2007 and shall remain in force until 30 June 2008, subject to the proviso contained in Clause 4 of the Agreement.

[9] The file will now be referred to the Registrar for registration in accordance with the requirements of Section 56(1) of the Act.

 

Tim Abey
COMMISSIONER

Appearances:
Ms A Pregnell for G P Assist (Tasmania)
Ms A Stanislaus-Large for the Australian Nursing Federation Tasmanian Branch

Date and Place of Hearing:
2007
May 8
Hobart