Transfer of Fair Work Act functions to the Fair Work Ombudsman: From 10 November 2022, the Australian Building and Construction Commission’s role enforcing the Fair Work Act 2009 in the commercial building and construction industry has transferred to the Fair Work Ombudsman. Therefore the information on this website is under review. Read the ABCC E-Alert published on 10 November 2022 to learn more about these changes.
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Your rights and responsibilities
- Right of entry
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About
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What we do
- Overview
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Plans and reports
- ABCC highlights report - Australian Public Service Employee Census 2022
- Our Corporate Plan
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Annual reports
- ABCC Annual Report 2021-22
- ABCC Annual Report 2020-21
- ABCC Annual Report 2019-20
- ABCC Annual Report 2018-19
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ABCC Annual Report 2017-18
- Letter of transmittal
- Commissioner's foreword
- Year in review
- Authority
- Responsible minister and portfolio
- Outcome and program
- Role
- Purposes
- ABCC executive
- Organisational structure
- Introductory statement
- Entity purpose
- Results
- Analysis of performance against the purpose
- Corporate governance
- Management of human resources
- Financial management
- External scrutiny
- Financial results
- Financial statements
- Appendix A: BCIIP Act Annual Report
- Appendix B: Security of Payments Working Group Annual Report
- Appendix C: List of requirements
- Appendix D: List of acronyms and abbreviations
- Appendix E: Glossary
- ABCC contacts
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ABCC Annual Report 2016–17
- Letter of transmittal
- Commissioner's foreword
- Year in review
- List of figures and tables
- The ABCC at a glance
- Role of the ABCC
- Organisational structure
- Annual performance - Introductory statement
- Entity purpose
- Results
- Analysis of performance against the purpose
- Corporate governance and accountability
- Management of human resources
- Financial management
- External scrutiny
- Financial result
- Financial statements
- Appendix one: BCIIP Act annual report requirements
- Appendix two: List of requirements
- Appendix three: List of acronyms and abbreviations
- Appendix four: Glossary
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FWBC Annual Report 2015–16
- Fair Work Building And Construction
- Letter from Nigel Hadgkiss
- Tables
- Reader's guide
- Year in review – Highlights
- Director's Foreword
- FWBC at a glance
- Role of FWBC
- Corporate and operational planning
- Organisational structure
- Business groups
- Performance Overview
- Key developments during 2015–16
- Annual performance statements
- Education activities
- Investigations
- The Building Code for the construction industry
- Compliance powers
- Penalty proceedings
- Significant litigation outcomes
- Injunctions
- Applications, submissions and interventions
- Significant submissions and applications – Fair Work Commission
- Corporate governance and accountability
- Financial Result
- Accountability
- Human resources
- Independent Auditor's Report
- Statement by the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer
- Financial statements
- Appendix 1: FWBI Act annual report requirements
- Appendix 2: Compliance index
- Appendix 3: List of acronyms and abbreviation
- Appendix 4: Glossary
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FWBC Annual Report 2014–15
- Fair Work Building and Construction
- Letter from Nigel Hadgkiss
- Tables
- Reader’s Guide
- The Year in Review
- FWBC Director’s Foreword
- FWBC at a Glance
- Role of FWBC
- Corporate and Operational Planning
- Organisational Structure
- FWBC Business Groups
- Overview
- Key Developments during 2014 to 15
- FWBC Education Activities
- FWBC Investigations
- The Building Code for the Construction Industry
- Compliance Powers
- Penalty Proceedings
- Significant Cases
- Injunctions
- Applications, Submissions and Interventions
- Corporate Governance and Accountability
- Finance
- Accountability
- Human Resources
- Letter from the Australian National Audit Office
- Financial Statements Table of Contents
- Statement by the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer
- Statement of Comprehensive Income
- Statement of Financial Position
- Statement of Changes in Equity
- Cash Flow Statement
- Schedule of Commitments
- Administered Schedule of Comprehensive Income
- Administered Schedule of Assets and Liabilities
- Administered Reconciliation Schedule
- Administered Cash Flow Statement
- Schedule of Administered Commitments
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Notes To and Forming Part of the Financial Statements
- Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
- Note 2: Events after the Reporting Date
- Note 3: Net Cash Appropriation Arrangements
- Note 4: Expenses
- Note 5: Own-Source Income
- Note 6: Fair Value Measurement
- Note 7: Financial Assets
- Note 8: Non-Financial Assets
- Note 9: Payables
- Note 10: Employee Provisions
- Note 11: Cash Flow Reconciliation
- Note 12: Contingent Assets and Liabilities
- Note 13: Senior Management Personnel Remuneration
- Note 14: Financial Instruments
- Note 15: Financial Assets Reconciliation
- Note 16: Administered – Expenses
- Note 17: Administered – Income
- Note 18: Administered – Financial Assets
- Note 19: Administered – Cash Flow Reconciliation
- Note 20: Administered – Contingent Assets and Liabilities
- Note 21: Administered – Financial Instruments
- Note 22: Administered – Financial Assets Reconciliation
- Note 23: Appropriations
- Note 24: Reporting of Outcomes
- Note 25: Budgetary Reports and Explanations of Major Variances
- Appendix 1: FWBI Act Annual Report Requirements
- Appendix 2: Compliance Index
- Appendix 3: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Appendix 4: Glossary
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FWBC Annual Report 2013-14
- Fair Work Building & Construction
- Letter of Transmittal
- Reader's Guide
- The Year at a Glance
- FWBC Director's Foreword
- FWBC at a Glance
- Role of FWBC
- Corporate and Operational Planning
- Organisational Structure
- FWBC Business Groups
- Overview
- Key Developments during 2013-14
- Enquiries
- Presentations
- Site Visits
- Communicating to Industry
- FWBC Investigations
- The Building Code for the Construction Industry
- Compliance Powers - Background
- Compliance Powers - FWBC Examination Powers
- Compliance Powers - Use of Compliance Powers in 2013-14
- Penalty Proceedings
- Significant Cases
- Injunctions
- Submissions and Interventions
- Corporate Governance and Accountability - Committees of Management
- Corporate Governance and Accountability - Security and Risk Management
- Corporate Governance and Accountability - Ethical Standards
- Corporate Governance and Accountability - Reconciliation Action Plan
- Corporate Governance and Accountability - Changes To Disability Reporting in Annual Reports
- Corporate Governance and Accountability - Ecologically Sustainable Development and Environmental Performance
- Finance - Financial Result
- Finance - Financial Management
- Finance - Asset Management
- Finance - Purchasing
- Finance - Consulting Services
- Finance - Contracts
- Finance - Grant Programs
- Finance - Advertising and Research
- Finance - Information Technology
- Accountability - External Scrutiny
- Accountability - Judicial Review
- Accountability - Freedom of Information
- Human Resources
- Independent Auditor's Report
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Financial Statements - Table of Contents
- Statement By the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer
- Statement of Comprehensive Income
- Statement of Financial Position
- Statement of Changes in Equity
- Cash Flow Statement
- Schedule of Commitments
- Schedule of Contingencies
- Administered Schedule of Comprehensive Income
- Administered Schedule of Assets and Liabilities
- Administered Reconciliation Schedule
- Administered Cash Flow Statement
- Schedule of Administered Contingencies
- Schedule of Administered Commitments
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
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FWBC Annual Report 2012–13
- COPYRIGHT
- LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
- FWBC DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD
- ROLE OF FWBC
- OUTCOME AND PROGRAM
- CORPORATE AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING
- ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
- FWBC BUSINESS GROUPS
- OVERVIEW
- FWBC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
- FWBC INVESTIGATIONS
- THE BUILDING CODE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
- COMPLIANCE POWERS
- PENALTY PROCEEDINGS
- SUBMISSIONS AND INTERVENTIONS
- NATIONAL RECORD KEEPING, PAYSLIPS AND BASE ORDINARY WAGE AUDIT
- CALD CAMPAIGN
- FWBC WEBSITE REDEVELOPMENT
- KNOW YOUR WORTH
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF THE FAIR WORK BUILDING INDUSTRY INSPECTORATE (FWBII) AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
- BALANCE SHEET
- STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
- CASH FLOW STATEMENT
- SCHEDULE OF COMMITMENTS
- SCHEDULE OF CONTINGENCIES
- ADMINISTERED SCHEDULE OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
- ADMINISTERED SCHEDULE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
- ADMINISTERED RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE
- ADMINISTERED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
- SCHEDULE OF ADMINISTERED COMMITMENTS
- NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
- APPENDIX 1
- APPENDIX 2
- APPENDIX 3
- APPENDIX 4
- APPENDIX 5
- APPENDIX 6
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ABCC Annual Report 2011–12
- Foreword
- Role of the ABCC
- Outcome and program
- CORPORATE AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING
- Organisational structure
- Overview
- ABCC Education Activities
- ABCC Investigations
- The National Code of practice for the Construction Industry
- COMPLIANCE POWERS
- Penalty Proceedings
- Submissions and interventions
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES
- Accountability
- People, Learning & Culture
- INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
- STATEMENT BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OFFICE OF THE FAIR WORK BUILDING INDUSTRY INSPECTORATE (FWBII) AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Statement of comprehensive income
- BALANCE SHEET
- Statement of changes in equity
- Cash Flow Statement
- Schedule of commitments
- Schedule of contingencies
- ADMINISTERED SCHEDULE OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
- Administered Schedule of Assets and Liabilities
- Administered Reconciliation Schedule
- Administered Cash Flow Statement
- ADMINISTERED SCHEDULE OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
- Notes to and forming part of the financial statements
- APPENDIX 1
- APPENDIX 2
- APPENDIX 3
- APPENDIX 4
- APPENDIX 5
- APPENDIX 6
- APPENDIX 7
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FWBC Annual Report 2011–12
- Copyright
- Letter of transmittal
- FWBC Chief Executive's foreword
- Role of FWBC
- Outcome and program
- Corporate and Operational Planning
- Organisational structure
- FWBC Business groups
- Overview
- FWBC education activities
- FWBC Investigations
- The National Code of practice for the Construction Industry
- Compliance Powers
- Penalty Proceedings
- Submissions and interventions
- Corporate Governance and Accountability
- Finance and business services
- External scrutiny
- People, Learning & Culture
- Independent Auditor's Report
- Statement by The Acting Director Office of The Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate (FWBII) and Chief Financial Officer
- Statement of comprehensive income
- Balance Sheet
- Statement of changes in equity
- Cash Flow Statement
- Schedule of commitments
- Schedule of contingencies
- Administered Schedule of Comprehensive Income
- Administered Schedule of Assets and Liabilities
- Administered Reconciliation Schedule
- Administered Cash Flow Statement
- Notes to and forming part of the financial statements
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Quarterly Reports
- Regulator Performance Reporting
- Agency Multicultural Plan
- Review of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016
- Access to information
- Privacy
- Resources
- Legal cases
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News and media
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Industry updates
- Industry Update - April 2021 Edition
- Industry Update November-December 2019 edition
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Industry Update - July 2019 edition
- ABCC recovers $1 million in workers’ wages
- Court summary: new matters
- Court summary: penalties
- Fitness for work audit findings now available
- Help to ensure your enterprise agreement undertaking is Code compliant
- Message from the Commissioner
- Minimum wage increase – make sure you are paying the right rate
- New requirements for right of entry permits
- Securing payments for subcontractors
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Industry Update February - March 2019
- Court summary: finalised matters
- Court summary: new matters
- Fitness for work audits underway
- Labour market testing audits commenced
- Message from the Commissioner
- Rallies – what are your rights and obligations?
- Tell us how we can improve our WRMP form
- Tell us what you think of Industry Update
- Upcoming education and compliance campaigns
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Industry Update November - December 2018
- ABCC campaign boosts security of payment reporting
- ABCC launches wages and entitlements compliance campaign in labour hire sector
- ABCC recent cases
- ABCC welcomes two new Deputy Commissioners
- About this edition
- BCIIP review: ABCC achieving role of impartial full-service regulator
- Compliance with Work Health and Safety Laws
- Court summary: New matters
- DMG issued formal warning following Building Code breach
- Greater support for industry
- Message from the Commissioner
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Industry update September - October 2018
- ABCC info night kicks off week long subcontractor payment campaign in northern NSW
- ABCC launches new website
- ABCC recent cases
- About this edition
- Court summary: New matters
- Failure to report disputed or delayed payments now a breach of the Code
- Message from the Commissioner
- Wages recovered for workers following audit
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Industry update June - July 2018
- About this edition
- Are you paying your workers correctly?
- Court summary: finalised matters
- Court summary: new matters
- Education and awareness raising a key focus for the ABCC
- Information at your fingertips
- Message from the Commissioner
- Security of payments – nation-wide campaign commences
- Zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol on construction sites
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Industry Update April-May 2018
- About this edition
- Advice and assistance on Building Code compliance
- Are you being paid correctly?
- Code facts
- Court summary – new matters
- Court summary: finalised matters
- High Court rules in favour of ABCC on personal payment orders
- Interlocutory injunction granted at $900 million site
- Message from the Commissioner
- Industry Update November - December 2017
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Industry Update September - October 2017
- About this edition
- Annual report - significant outcomes by the ABCC in 2016-17
- Court summary – finalised matters
- Court summary – new matters
- Message from the Acting Commissioner
- Streamlined process for resubmission of enterprise agreements
- Summary of recent right of entry permit activity
- The first year of the 2016 Code
- Wages and Entitlements
- Industry Update July - August 2017
- Industry Update - May - June 2017
- Industry Update March - April 2017
- Industry Update - January-February 2017
- Industry update - November-December 2016
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The Building Code 2016
- Code breaches
- Coercion
- Collusive tendering practices
- Eligibility to tender
- Fitness for work
- Freedom of association
- Labour market testing
- Reporting industrial action
- Right of entry
- Security of payment
- Sham contracting
- Support for Code compliance
- What is the Code?
- Workplace Relations Management Plan (WRMP)
- Industry Update May 2022
- Industry Update - April 2022 edition
- Industry Update - September 2022 edition
- Industry Update August 2022
- Industry Update - March 2022 edition
- Security of payment
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