Thirteen Lives Productions Pty Ltd

[2021] FWCA 117

[2021] FWCA 117

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

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

Thirteen Lives Productions Pty Ltd
(AG2020/3680)

THIRTEEN LIVES PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD CREW ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020 - 2021

Broadcasting and recorded entertainment industry
COMMISSIONER HUNT	BRISBANE, 11 JANUARY 2021

Application for approval of the Thirteen Lives Productions Pty Ltd Crew Enterprise Agreement 2020 - 2021.

[1] Thirteen Lives Productions Pty Ltd (The Employer) has applied for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Thirteen Lives Productions Pty Ltd Crew Enterprise Agreement 2020 - 2021 (the Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a greenfields agreement.

[2] This is a greenfields agreement that meets the requirements of s.172(2)(b) of the Act.

[3] I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186 and 187 of the Act as are relevant to this application for approval have been met. In accordance with s.187(5)(a) of the Act, I am satisfied that the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (the MEAA) 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.

[4] Pursuant to s.53(2)(b) of the Act I note the Agreement was made with the MEAA and that the Agreement covers it.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 18 January 2021. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 31 December 2021.

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