Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner

• ABC Commissioner’s Message
• ABCC calls for tenders – Sham contracting research
• $46k penalties imposed for Gold Coast University Hospital strikes
• Adult apprentice allowances stand after FWA ruling
• ABCC recovers $344k for building workers
• New year, new opportunity – Get on top of your responsibilities
• Right of Entry changes with health and safety harmonisation
• Update to the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011

• ABC Commissioner’s Message
• Annual Report shows increased ABCC service delivery
• ABCC releases Sham Contracting Inquiry Report
• ABCC establishes Sham Contracting Research Advisory Committee
• Employment decisions are for employers
• Settling disputes on site – What does your agreement say?
• New accreditation scheme for 457 visas
• ABCC seasonal office closure 2011/12

• Message from the Commissioner
• New Deputy ABC Commissioners
• End of financial year review shows increased activity for ABCC
• Open for business in the Northern Territory
• New location for Brisbane office
• Seventy-five percent of maximum penalty for abusive RoE breach
• Three lessons learnt – Setka v Gregor
• Ready to go with Gov 2.0
• ABCC continues its commitment to transparency

• Message from the ABC Commissioner
• Appointment of Deputy ABC Commissioners
• 2011 Budget initiatives affecting building and construction industry
• FWA 'can act to revoke or suspend' ROE permits when court penalties apply
• Sham contracting inquiry and roundtables - UPDATE
• Wages and entitlements - the story so far
• ABCC joins Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council
• Court orders compensation as a result of union blockade
• Repeated contraventions waste members' funds

• Commissioner’s Message
• Sham Contracting Inquiry Roundtables
• Negotiating agreement terms about the use of contractors: a practical guide
• Are you being paid your correct wage and entitlements? The ABCC can help
• Guidance Notes
  

• Commissioner's Message
• ABCC Examinations Update
• Have your say - Sham contracting Discussion Paper released
• Compliance power FAQ
• New look ABCC Website launched
• Right of entry 'right' is black and white
• National Code - online assessments
• ABCC holiday closure
• Court round-up

• Commissioner's Message
• Work begins for new Assistant Commissioner Operations
• ABCC to set up ACT office
• ABCC litigation policy released
• Voting crucial to the agreement making process
• National Code Team working with the 'next generation'
• Court decision clarifies 'reasonable' right of entry requirements for site occupiers
• Court round-up

• Entry to sites – Acting in an ‘improper manner’ can be unlawful
• ABCC’s new ROE pocket guide now available
•  Industrial disputation rises in construction but falls overall
• The Fair Work Act – one year on
• The ABCC plies its trade
• July court round up

•  Message from the ABC Commissioner
• Workplace arrangements and the National Code
• Right of entry – entry notice requirements
• The National Code hits the road
• Independent contracting – getting it right
• Court round up

• Right of entry under OHS law
• Get informed about the 2009 Guidelines
• Clarifying the powers of ABCC Inspectors
• Online performance figures now available
• New ABCC regional director
• Court round up

• A case study in unlawful industrial action
• Site inductions – don’t breach FOA
•  Industrial disputation increases, but remains relatively low
• Modern awards – the new safety net
• FWA decision clarifies agreement making period
• Court round up

• Understanding the ABC Commissioner’s right to intervene
• The ABCC can come to you
• Union safety audits – employer rights and responsibilities
• Progress of the BCII Amendment Bill
• IC Act transition period extended
• Court round up

• 2009 court update – the year in review
• Court round up - latest cases and judgments 

• ABC Commissioner’s end of year message
• BCII Amendment Bill
• ABCC holiday closure
• Contractors take responsibility or risk the penalties
• National Code compliance on auxiliary sites
• Making your contracts National Code savvy
• National Code – online assessments
• Fair Work Information Statement for new employees
• Industrial disputation falls
• Sham contract clarification
• Court round up

• Coercion cases – lessons learnt
• Who to contact for National Code assessments
• What is a sham contract?
• New workplace relations authority: Fair Work Australia
• Court round up

•  ABCC – 4 Years on
• The lowdown on inspecting employee records
• Crack the Code! It’s all in the presentation
• New workplace relations authority: the Fair Work Ombudsman
• Industrial disputation increases, but remains relatively low
• ABCC Annual Report 2009
• Court round up

• Lessons learnt on right of entry
• Regional NSW and QLD get the red carpet treatment
• Right of entry – the same steps on a new path
• Court round up

• Recent developments in workplace relations
• New head of Operations at the ABCC
• Industry disputation remains low
• Breaking the law adds up…and up…
• Court round up

• The Fair Work Act
• Fair Work Australia
• Changes affecting work in the industry
• Court round up

• ABC Commissioner warns on building site conduct
• Action taken over West Gate Bridge project
• The Fair Work Bill and the Wilcox Report: Legislative changes and recommendations
• Five things you always wanted to know about the National Code
• Workplace Ombudsman audit results
• Do you, your employees or clients need an interpreter to talk to the ABCC?
• Court Round Up

• Application of the Code and Guidelines to state jurisdictions
•  Is your contract fair?
• Number of construction industry disputes remains low after spike
• Two new ABCC brochures
• Reminder – Wilcox Final Report
• Court Round Up

• Focus on Independent Contractors
• Freedom of association – your right to choose
• Correction to National Code Model Clauses
• Court Round Up

• 2008 Court Update – the year in review
• Submissions to Wilcox Consultation available online
• December 2008 & January 2009 Court Update

• Message from the Commissioner
• ABCC Operation over holiday period
• Enforcing right of entry
• New Fact Sheet on Workplace Relations Reforms
• Call for Submissions for the 2009 Minimum Wage Review
• Online processing – National Code of Practice
• Court Update

• Have you been 'coerced’? Have you behaved 'coercively’?
• National Code Model Tender and Contract clauses revised  
• ABCC Quarterly Performance   
• Discussion Paper released on proposed Building and Construction Division of Fair Work Australia
• ABCC’s New Regional Director for the South
• Court Round up

• Construction industry defies trend: less disputes than other industries
• Out and about with ABC Inspectors
• Do you pass the Code test?
• Deputy Commissioner Nigel Hadgkiss leaving ABCC
• Resolution of Bovis Lend Lease ‘Blue Glue’ dispute
• Court round up

• Are you a sham?
• ABCC working with police on trespass matters
• ABCC Service Charter
•  Northern Territory Seminars – ABCC presents on the National Code
• Court round up

• Construction Industry Productivity: 2008 Report Card
• The Truth about Compliance Powers
• Three new Code fact sheets to assist the Industry
• ABCC = A year at a glance
• ‘Wilcox Consultations’ Terms of Reference complete
• Court round up

• L’ABCC va multilingue
• Industrial disputes in the construction industry decline further
• Welcome to the ABCC’s new Assistant Commissioner Legal
• Justice Wilcox to report on Specialist Division
• Government Releases new National Employment Standards
• ABCC information – why is it confidential
• Court round-up

• A message from the ABC Commissioner
• The ABCC presents…
• A Pocket Guide to Right of Entry
• Legal question – Is a strike ever legal?
• ABCC funding remains unchanged
• Court Round up

• Moving Forward
• New Code brochure and fact sheets
• Northern Exposure
•  Legal Question
• What you should know about ABCC examinations
• Court round up

• New Code Advisory Audits
• The ABCC – Helping you to apply the National Code
•  ABCC National Code Activities
• Industrial disputes in construction industry hit all time low
• Court round up

• Notifying the ABCC of Court Proceedings
• Taking you through the Steps: ABCC Right of Entry Poster
• DEEWR updates Code website
• IC Act – One year on
• AIRC Full Bench overturns earlier decision on site allowance

• 2007 Court Outcomes
• Case Study: Perth to Mandurah Railway Project
• Recently filed cases

• Victorian OHS representatives’ right of entry obligations explained
• Industrial disputes remain low
•  ABCC referrals prove benefit for industry
• Court round-up
•  New Model Clause Documents for the National Code
• Get the Facts
• ABCC Annual Report
• ABCC operation over holiday period

• Happy Birthday – The Code turns 10!
• Understanding the Code
• Major NT Code projects identified
• Setting the record straight – the Eureka flag
•  Building Industry “a better place to work” – ACA
• Court round-up

•  ABCC – a year at a glance
• Court round-up
• ABCC publishes non-compliance report on ‘Blue Flu’
•  What’s new?
• Legal questions

• Economic analysis of building and construction industry report
• The Cost Gap
• Labour productivity
• The impact on the economy – a benefit for consumers
• Gains in the industry
• Case studies
• The Future

•  ABCC provides evidence in Supreme Court injunction application
• Involvement in tribunal proceeding is not a lawful reason to terminate
• Strike figures at all time low
• Code and Guidelines fact sheets now available
• Right of Entry - what you need to know

• ABCC responds to claim it “secretly” recorded meeting
• CEPU fined $15,400 for demanding four apprentices leave work site
•  ABCC wins Federal Court strike pay appeal
• Setting the record straight
• ABCC embarks on education program

• Court round-up
• Workplace agreement making in the building industry
• Is strike pay a thing of the past?
• Legislative Developments
• Correction in National Code Implementation Guidelines

• To work here you have to be part of the union’; Recent court cases on false and misleading statements
• Managing entry to your building site
• National seminar; Independent Contractors Act 2006
• Editorial correction

• CFMEU changes policy on industrial action
• Victorian case studies: The importance of determining project value
• New laws protecting the freedom of Independent Contractors
• Have your say

• Court results – review of penalties handed down
• ABCC website - keeping the industry up-to-date

• Independent contractor legislation passed
• ABCC - keeping costs down
• ABCC - operation over holiday period

• National Code Guidelines amended
• Contractors still subject to pressure
• Make the most of the ABCC

• CFMEU exploit OHS again
• WorkChoices and OHS training
• OHS performance and workplace reform
• Before the courts this month
• ABCC’s first Annual Report

• The ABCC – one year on
• Before the courts this month
• Setting the record straight
• ACCC launches proceedings against Bovis Lend Lease
• Know your rights on your sites

• 107 workers go to court next week
• 40 workers to face court
• Industry participants moving on compliance with National Code
• Practices on road construction projects an area of concern
• Clients satisfied with ABCC service
• The reforms are working

• ABCC intervenews in Application to Terminate Agreements
• Tasmanian Office Opened
• Facts and Figures
• Perth to Mandurah Rail Project
• National Code Seminars Conclude

• What can the ABCC do for you?
• ABCC goes to court
• Lawful collection not Unlawful Action