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Fair Work Act 2009
s.216AA - Application by an employer for approval of a variation of a supported bargaining
agreement to add employer and employees
Fair Work Commission Rules 2024
Application for directions on procedure
Cowes Primary School T/A Phillip Island Early Learning Centre
(ADM2025/1)
DEPUTY PRESIDENT HAMPTON ADELAIDE, 16 JANUARY 2025
Order for substituted/modified service of applications for variations of the Early Childhood
Education and Care Multi-Employer Agreement 2024-2026 to add employers.
A. Pursuant to s.609 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act) and rules 7 and 8 of the Fair
Work Commission Rules 2024 (Rules), the Commission orders that:
[1] The service of the F23D and F23DA forms by the Applicant and any other
employer applying to be added to the Early Childhood Education and Care
Multi-Employer Agreement 2024-2026 (Agreement) otherwise required by the
Rules is dispensed with and it will be sufficient service if copies of the forms are
sent by email addressed to:
Organisation: Email address/es:
Community Child Care Association laurastevens@cela.org.au
Community Early Learning Australia laurastevens@cela.org.au
Australian Childcare Alliance paul@mondocorp.com.au;
Nigel.Ward@ablawyers.com.au
United Workers’ Union ecec-agreements@unitedworkers.org.au;
larissa.harrison@unitedworkers.org.au
Australian Education Union Cara.Nightingale@aeuvic.asn.au
Independent Education Union michaela@ieu.asn.au
[2] The Applicant and any other employer applying to be added to the Agreement
must provide a copy of the F23D and F23DA form upon request by an employer
covered by the Agreement.
[3] Subject to clause 4 herein, a notice must be issued to each employer currently
covered by the Agreement, and to any new employer who is added to the
Agreement in the future, that reads as follows:
PR783349
ORDER
AUSTRALIA FairWork Commission
mailto:laurastevens@cela.org.au
mailto:laurastevens@cela.org.au
mailto:paul@mondocorp.com.au
mailto:Nigel.Ward@ablawyers.com.au
mailto:ecec-agreements@unitedworkers.org.au
mailto:larissa.harrison@unitedworkers.org.au
mailto:Cara.Nightingale@aeuvic.asn.au
mailto:michaela@ieu.asn.au
PR783349
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To whom this may concern,
You are an employer covered by the Early Childhood Education and Care Multi-
Employer Agreement 2024-2026. Certain employers and their employees in the
early childhood education and care sector can join the coverage of this
agreement. To join the agreement, a variation must be made and then approved
by the Fair Work Commission.
When an employer applies to the Commission to approve a variation, their
details will be added to the ‘variations in progress’ section on the Commission’s
dedicated webpage for this Agreement – see here:
https://www.fwc.gov.au/hearings-decisions/major-cases/early-childhood-
education-and-care-supported-bargaining-agreement
If you would like to view a copy of an employer’s variation application, you can
contact them and request that they provide you with a copy.
[4] Once the notice in clause [3] of the order has been issued to a relevant employer
by any applicant in relation to any relevant application, the notice need not be
issued to that employer for subsequent matters.
B. Subject to further order of the Commission, this order will apply to any current or future
applications to vary the Agreement made under s.216AA of the Act
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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