Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - Australia (Ratification: 1985)

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Articles 1 and 4 of the Convention. Effective operation of a system of labour administration. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the Department of Employment, the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Fair Work Commission each have a role in the administration of the national workplace relations system. The Department of Employment was created in 2013 (out of the former Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) and is responsible for the development, advocacy and implementation of workplace relations policy. The Fair Work Commission is the national workplace relations tribunal established under the Fair Work Act of 2009. The Fair Work Ombudsman is an independent office also established under the Fair Work Act, which enforces compliance with the workplace laws, awards and registered agreements, including through the work of Fair Work Inspectors. In addition, the Government indicates that, in 2012, a new agency, the Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate, was created. In this regard, the Committee refers to its comments made in 2012 under the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81). The Committee asks the Government to provide detailed information on how coordination is ensured between the Department of Employment, the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Fair Work Commission, to ensure the effective operation of the labour administration system. It also asks the Government to provide information on concrete measures taken to ensure cooperation between the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate. Lastly, the Committee asks the Government to supply information on the steps taken to ensure effective coordination between the functions and responsibilities of the authorities of the national labour administration system and those at the state and territory level.