Most workers in the Australian building and construction industry will be covered by agreements or awards that set out their payment and conditions.
The ABCC can assist those working in the building and construction industry to find out their correct entitlements. The easiest way to do this is to contact the ABCC on 1800 003 338.
The ABCC will also investigates complaints relating to the underpayments of wages, sham contracting or any other denial of entitlements for those working in the building and construction industry.
Any building and construction industry worker who feels they are being underpaid, or is unsure if they are receiving the correct entitlement can contact the ABCC in order to have their enquiry investigated.
PayCheck Plus
PayCheck Plus is the latest tool in the Fair Work Ombudsman’s suite of online applications. It enables industry participants to stay up-to-date and informed about employee entitlements and calculate minimum rates of pay, allowances, penalty rates and overtime.
PayCheck Plus also allows employers to check their payroll details for adult, junior and apprentice workers under modern awards including the Building and Construction On-Site Award 2011 and the Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2010. It covers employers operating as constitutional corporations and their employees who were bound by pre-modern awards prior to 1 January 2010.
The tool was devised to make wage information easily accessible for national-system employers and employees and was developed and tested by peak industry stakeholders to ensure straightforward navigation and correct application of allowances.
If you are not covered by a modern award you can contact the ABCC for information about your correct entitlements on 1800 003 338.
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Lodging a complaint
If you believe you've been underpaid, you can complain to the ABCC.
We have the power to enforce Commonwealth workplace laws, ensuring your employer pays you the amount you're supposed to get.
To lodge a complaint relating to underpayments it is necessary to complete a Workplace Complaint Form (
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90KB). The Complaint Form can be downloaded from the ABCC website.
Once completed, please send the Workplace Complaints Form along with any supporting documentation to Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner, GPO Box 9927 in your capital city.
The ABCC will also accept information relating to underpayments from members of the public who cannot complete a complaint form. An ABCC Inspector can be contacted by phoning 1800 003 338.
What happens next?
Complaints received by the ABCC will be handled expeditiously. In most cases of underpayment of wages and entitlements we will endeavour to assist the parties to resolve wage and entitlement disputes voluntarily prior to initiating a full investigation. Our first priority is to recover underpayments.
Guidance Note on Investigative Processes and our Litigation Policy provide claimants and members of the public with details of how we manage investigations and the remedies that are available in order to bring investigations to a conclusion.