ENTERPRISE BARGAINING – single interest employer authorisation – s.248 Fair Work Act 2009 – VHIA made application for single interest employer authorisation concerning new enterprise agreement to cover registered nurses, registered midwives and enrolled nurses employed by employers specified in application – application specified 125 employers intended to be covered by new enterprise agreement – employers involved in provision of public health services and specified in Declaration made by Minister under s.247 of FW Act – application also specified group of employees who will be covered by new enterprise agreement including registered nurses, registered midwives and enrolled nurses involved in provision of services in Victorian public health sector – Commission satisfied employers freely agreed to bargain together – satisfied there was no coercion – satisfied employers specified in application were also employers specified in Declaration made by Minister under s.247 – single interest employer authorisation made and came into operation on date of decision – authorisation ceases operation on day which proposed new enterprise agreement is made or 12 months from day of authorisation, whichever comes first. Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association
