Our General Manager, Murray Furlong, has published a new Compliance and Enforcement Policy for registered organisations. The independent external review of registered organisations functions by former Commission Members Anna Booth and Jonathan Hamberger identified the need for a new policy that ensures a positive regulatory culture that encourages voluntary compliance and supports the democratic
Justice Hatcher has issued a statement announcing the publication of a draft delegates’ rights term to be inserted into modern awards. We are required to insert a delegates’ rights term into all modern awards by 30 June 2024. This is due to changes arising from the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023. The
We have published an Implementation Report about incoming functions relating to minimum standards for regulated workers. Justice Hatcher has also issued a statement about the report and the next steps. These new functions are given to us by Part 16 of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024. The new functions
We have published the Stage 2 report as part of the Gender pay equity research project for the Annual Wage Review 2023-24. This report has been prepared by our staff and examines the history of 12 of the 13 modern awards identified in the Stage 1 report as setting the pay in large, highly feminised
The new Fair Work Commission Rules 2024 commence today. These replace the previous Rules made in 2013. The Rules regulate the practice and procedure of the Commission. The Rules largely remake the old Rules, but with changes to update the old Rules and improve their usability and clarity, including rearranging and renumbering. Changes have also
