This page contains information of interest to workplace relations specialists and legal counsel representing the industry. It includes a list of the ABCC’s legal proceedings, submissions and interventions.
For information on your responsibilities as a member of the building and construction industry see Rights and responsibilities.
For details of the acts and regulations enforced by the ABCC, see Legislation.
Legal action
Current court cases
Summaries of ABCC-initiated legal proceedings currently before the courts or Fair Work Australia
Finalised court cases
Summaries of the ABCC’s concluded legal proceedings under the courts or Fair Work Australia
Taskforce court cases
Summaries of matters brought before the courts and Australian Industrial Relations Commission (now Fair Work Australia) by the Building Industry Taskforce, the predecessor of the ABCC
Interventions and submissions
Summaries of submissions to Fair Work Australia, interventions by the ABCC in court cases involving building and construction industry participants and interventions in the now-abolished AIRC
Non-compliance Reports
Non-compliance Reports published by the ABC Commissioner under section 67 of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 (BCII) Act
Legal information
Notifications
Compulsory requirements for notifying the ABC Commissioner of a court application relating to building work, including cases where the application is made by another party
Delegations
Details of the ABC Commissioner's delegation of powers to Deputy and Assistant ABC Commissioners under s13 of the BCII Act
Compliance powers
Details of the compulsory examination powers of the ABC Commissioner under Section 52 of the BCII Act and reports on their use