Warner Bros. Feature Productions Pty Ltd

[2019] FWCA 6505

[2019] FWCA 6505

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.185—Enterprise agreement

Warner Bros. Feature Productions Pty Ltd
(AG2019/1925)

WARNER BROS. FEATURE PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD CREW ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019-2022

Broadcasting and recorded entertainment industry
DEPUTY PRESIDENT SAUNDERS	NEWCASTLE, 18 SEPTEMBER 2019

Application for approval of the Warner Bros. Feature Productions Pty Ltd Crew Enterprise Agreement 2019-2022.

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Warner Bros. Feature Productions Pty Ltd Crew Enterprise Agreement 2019-2022 (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 25 September 2019. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 30 June 2022.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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Annexure A