Barrier Social Democratic Club Enterprise Agreement 2005 [2005] NSWIRComm 415

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: Barrier Social Democratic Club Enterprise Agreement 2005 [2005] NSWIRComm 415

APPLICANT Barrier Social Democratic Club PARTIES: RESPONDENT Broken Hill Town Employees Union

FILE NUMBER(S): 2989 of 2005

CORAM: Sams DP

CATCHWORDS: Application for approval of enterprise agreement - Club industry in Broken Hill - wages and conditions - - history of earlier agreement - no relevant Award - agreement to replace previous agreement - agreement to have retrospective operation - agreement ratified for three years.

Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED: Anti Discrimination Act 1977

CASES CITED: Review of the Principles for Approval of Enterprise Agreements (2000) 101 IR 332

HEARING DATES: 06/23/2005 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 06/23/2005

APPLICANT Mr S McCarthy, Agent McCarthy Ausgroup Pty Ltd

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr D Blairs, Mr V Burzins and Ms R Greenwood Broken Hill Town Enployees' Union

JUDGMENT:

- 3 - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES CORAM : SAMS, DP 23 June 2005 Matter No. IRC05/2989 BARRIER SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2005 Application by Barrier Social Democratic Club for approval of an enterprise agreement

DECISION (ex tempore) [2005] NSWIRComm 415

1 Approval is sought from the Commission, pursuant to Div 2 Pt 2 ch 2 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 ("the Act"), for the registration of an enterprise agreement between the Barrier Social Democratic Club ("the Club"), the Broken Hill Town Employees' Union ("the Union") and certain other employees of the Club who are not union employees. The application was filed on 10 June 2005 and listed for hearing, via tele conference from Broken Hill, on 23 June, thereby fulfilling the requirements of s34(3) of the Act.