Queensland Performing Arts Trust

[2021] FWCA 6480

[2021] FWCA 6480

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Queensland Performing Arts Trust
(AG2021/7802)

QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021

Live performance industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 29 OCTOBER 2021

Application for approval of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre Enterprise Agreement 2021

[1] The Queensland Performing Arts Trust has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Queensland Performing Arts Centre Enterprise Agreement 2021 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The employer has provided written undertakings, a copy of which is attached in Annexure A. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that they will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement. The undertakings are taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, and on the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.

[4] The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2) and based on its declaration, I note that the Agreement covers the MEAA.

[5] The Agreement was approved on 29 October 2021 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 5 November 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 March 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A