Are Media Pty Ltd
[2023] FWCA 3082
•22 SEPTEMBER 2023
| [2023] FWCA 3082 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
| DECISION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Are Media Pty Ltd
(AG2023/3100)
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ARE MEDIA JOURNALISTS AGREEMENT 2023
| Journalism industry | |
| DEPUTY PRESIDENT ROBERTS | SYDNEY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2023 |
Application for approval of the Are Media Journalists Agreement 2023
An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Application for approval of the Are Media Journalists Agreement 2023 (the Agreement). The Application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). It has been made by Are Media Pty Ltd (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
The Applicant has provided written undertakings (Annexure A). In accordance with s.190(4) of the Act the views of the bargaining representatives for the agreement were sought in relation to the undertakings. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.
Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each requirement of ss186, 187 and 188 as is relevant to this application for approval has been met. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.
I note that Clause 6.2 of the Agreement provides that this Agreement operates in conjunction with the National Employment Standards (NES). It does not operate to exclude the NES or any provision of the NES. Where this Agreement provides a superior entitlement to the NES, the Agreement entitlement will apply in satisfaction of, and not in addition to, the corresponding NES entitlement. If the NES provide a greater benefit than this Agreement, the NES provision will apply to the extent it provides a greater benefit.
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) lodged a Form F18 statutory declaration giving notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note the Agreement covers the MEAA.
The Agreement is approved and will operate in accordance with s.54 of the Act. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 September 2025.
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
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