Freelance Restorations Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 6757

[2019] FWCA 6757

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Freelance Restorations Pty Ltd
(AG2019/2925)

FEATURE RESTORATIONS PTY LTD CREW ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019 - 2020

Broadcasting and recorded entertainment industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT SAUNDERS	NEWCASTLE, 1 OCTOBER 2019

Application for approval of the Feature Restorations Pty Ltd Crew Enterprise Agreement 2019 - 2020.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Feature Restorations Pty Ltd Crew Enterprise Agreement 2019 - 2020 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to section 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings (Undertakings). A copy of the Undertakings is attached in Annexure A to this decision. I am satisfied that the effect of accepting the Undertakings is not likely to:

(a) cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement; or

(b) result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] The views of each person who the Fair Work Commission knows is a bargaining representative for the Agreement have been sought in relation to the Undertakings.

[4] Pursuant to subsection 190(3) of the Act, I accept the Undertakings. The Undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] Subject to the Undertakings, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of sections 186, 187 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[6] Based on the statutory declaration provided by the organisation, I am satisfied that the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the employee organisation to be covered by the Agreement, is entitled to represent the industrial interests of a majority of employees who will be covered by the Agreement in relation to work that is to be performed under it. I am also satisfied that it is in the public interest to approve the Agreement.

[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with section 54 of the Act, will operate from 8 October 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2020.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A