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- Industry Update 18 December 2015
- Industry Update 27 November 2015
- Industry Update 6th August 2015
- Message from the Director
- CFMEU may be banned from paying its officials’ fines
- FWBC puts Tier One contractor before Federal Court
- CFMEU official allegedly tells building contractor “you’re on the top of our hit list” & threatens “500 blokes” will go onsite
- CFMEU official allegedly threatens ‘war’ and another ‘Kane’ situation
- Q & A with FWBC
- Three CFMEU officials’ permit applications refused
- Industry Update 13th July 2015
- Industry Update 18th March 2015
- Industry Update 5th March 2015
- Message from the Director
- Come on get Appy
- Compulsory 2013 Building Code audits starting
- 72 CFMEU officials before the courts
- Building and construction activity update
- Union officials must obey safety rules
- Court penalises CFMEU and officials $205,100
- Freedom of Association - Know Your Rights
- CFMEU’s Luke Collier added to No Permit List
- Courts wrap up
- Industry Update November 2014
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- Industry Update July 2014
- Industry Update June 2014
- Industry Update April 2014
- Industry Update March 2014
- E-Alert - Melbourne rally on 18 February 2014
- Industry Update - January-February 2017
- Industry Update February 2014
- Industry Update December 2013
- Industry Update November 2013
- Industry Update October 2013
- Industry Update June 2013
- Acting Director's message
- Vic CFMEU & officials incur $115k penalty
- FWBC conducts site visits following Melbourne Stop Work Rally
- Supreme Court finds CFMEU guilty of contempt in Grocon case
- $2m in unpaid wages & entitlements in construction workers' pockets
- The Building Code - what does it mean for you?
- Queensland's Office of State Revenue targets construction industry employers
- E-Alert - Melbourne Rally on 30 April 2013
- Industry Update April 2013
- New leadership at FWBC - Acting Director's message
- Know your worth campaign in full swing
- Do you employ apprentices? Tell us more
- Unpaid employee entitlements? Where to go for help
- Construction industry loses fewer days to strikes
- FWO to tackle exploitation of workers on 457 visas
- Free business apps now available
- Hot off the press - brochure for employees
- Industry Update January 2013
- Chief executive's message - welcome back to work
- New Building Code announced
- New program in SA to reduce exploitation of 457 visa workers
- Up to 13 per cent of independent contractors misclassified - Independent research report
- FWBC alleges CFMEU WA Secretary coerced building company not to host FWBC presentation
- Update on CFMEU-Grocon dispute proceedings in Vic
- Penalties for breaches of workplace relations law rise by 54.5 per cent
- Happy new year for construction workers - $80,000 in recent recoveries
- Serious penalties for misleading FWBC
- New FWBC guidance notes to promote openness
- Industry Update March 2013
- Do you know your worth? Chief Executive's message
- Knowyourworth.gov.au – the one-stop-shop for apprentices
- Hiring apprentices - what you need to know
- Quick guide to pickets and blockades
- FWBC audit campaign to assess 400 employers
- Don't be caught on the hop! Easter public holidays
- Court dismisses appeal
- Industry Update December 2012
- Industry Update November 2012
- What’s new at FWBC? Chief Executive’s message
- Translated FWBC video and brochures released
- Model national WHS Act – when and where does it apply?
- Q&A with FWBC’s Chief Counsel – Brian Corney
- Compensation and penalty payments secured for head contractor and subbies in Qld
- Things heating up on your building site? Call FWBC
- Follow FWBC on Twitter
- Leigh Johns sets the record straight on recovery of wages and entitlements
- Small business? ASIC wants to hear from you
- Enforceable Undertakings – another regulatory option available to FWBC
- FWBC’s first Annual Report tabled in Parliament
- Industry Update October 2012
- The new FWBC Industry Update is here
- FWBC holds unions and representatives to account in Victoria
- Targeted industrial campaigns cost CFMEU and McDonald $250,000
- Understanding your workplace rights is as easy as checking a box
- Side deals – not worth the paper they’re written on
- FWBC promotes rights of Defence Reservists
- Fair Work Building Industry Inspectors – coming to Rockhampton and Wollongong this month
- Industry Update August 2013
- Message from FWBC Director Val Gostencnik
- End of Financial Year Legal Wrap Up
- Court orders unions to pay $65k penalty for QLD strikes
- FWBC report finds misunderstanding most common reason for underpayments
- Termination of employment under the microscope in NSW
- QLD audit serves as reminder that EBA side deals can be costly
- New court cases in QLD and SA
- FWBC releases Agency Multicultural Plan
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Message from the Commissioner
Welcome to the first edition of Industry Update for 2017.In addition to providing an update on the agency’s activities before the courts in January and February, this edition of Industry Update provides a wrap-up of the ABCC’s appearance at Senate Estimates...
Court summary: finalised matters
$19,000 total penalties for unlawful industrial actionOn 21 February the Federal Court handed down a penalty of $1,000 on each of 19 employees who walked off a waste water treatment plant in Perth, causing a scheduled concrete pour to be delayed.At the time of...
Building Code 2016 – How to expedite your assessment
As communicated via an E-Alert on 9 March 2017, the ABCC has published guidance material to enable stakeholders to consider whether enterprise agreements are compliant with the Building Code 2016.The guidance is available on the ABCC website in the form of a spreadsheet...
ABCC at Senate Estimates
The Australian Building and Construction Commission appeared before the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee at the 2016-17 Additional Estimates hearing on 2 March 2017.Senate Estimates hearings allow our elected parliamentarians to scrutinise...
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