Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

[2013] FWCA 5519

[2013] FWCA 5519

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
(AG2013/2244)

COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER GROUP LTD ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2013

Publishing industry
COMMISSIONER CLOGHAN	PERTH, 9 AUGUST 2013

Application for approval of the Community Newspaper Group Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2013.

[1] On 6 August 2013, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance made application for approval of a single enterprise agreement to be known as the Community Newspaper Group Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2013 (“the Agreement”). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (“the FW Act”).

[2] The Agreement was made following a ballot on 29 July 2013.

[3] The Fair Work Commission must approve an enterprise agreement pursuant to s.186 of the FW Act if the requirements set out in that section, s.187 and s.188 are met.

[4] Pursuant to s.190 of the FW Act, the Employer has given an undertaking that for the purposes of Clause 34: Consultation, an employee can appoint a representative of their choice for the purpose of consultation in accordance with paragraph 205(1)(b) of the FW Act. The undertaking forms part of the Agreement.

[5] I am satisfied, from the material provided to the Commission, that ss.186, 187 and 188, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[6] The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has declared that the MEAA was a bargaining representative for the Agreement and is entitled to represent the industrial interests of those employees in accordance with paragraph 176(1)(b) of the FW Act. Further, the MEAA supports the approval of the Agreement by the Commission and has read and agrees with the Employer’s statutory declaration in support of the application, insofar as it is within the Union’s knowledge. Finally, the MEAA has given notice that, pursuant to s.183 of the FW Act, it wants to be covered by the Agreement.

[7] The Agreement is approved and will, in accordance with s.54(1) of the FW Act, operate from 16 August 2013.

[8] The nominal expiry date of this Agreement is 30 June 2015.

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