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The FWC's first multi-employer bargaining decision reinforces that the new framework will be relevant to "pretty much every employer in the country", according to a workplace lawyer.

Yesterday, a full bench of the Commission found the matters raised in the application – involving three unions, 64 employers and some 12,000 employees in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector – "overwhelmingly" favoured the making of a supported bargaining authorisation.

In considering the Fair Work Act's new section 243 requirements, the bench found the application was validly made and that at least some of the employees who would be covered by the proposed agreement were represented by one of the three unions...