Fair Work Commission

Final consultations

Final consultation hearings

The Fair Work Commission live streamed the final hearings for the Annual Wage Review 2015–16 on 10 and 11 May 2016.

To watch a recording of the hearings please click the link to the Annual wage review final consultation hearings.

Responses

The Expert Panel invited comment on the additional material provided by parties in response to the final consultations conducted on 10 and 11 May 2016. Parties were required to provide their comments by 10am Tuesday, 17 May 2016.

Enquiries can be emailed to: awr@fwc.gov.au.

Responses to additional material

Additional material

Questions for final consultations

The Expert Panel published questions in advance of the final consultations (10–11 May 2016) to be addressed by parties.

Responses to the questions were due by Monday, 9 May 2016 at 4pm, and are listed in the table below.

Enquiries can be emailed to: awr@fwc.gov.au.

Responses to questions for consultations

Preliminary consultations

In the Annual Wage Review 2014-15 decision [2015] FWCFB 3500 (the 2014-15 Review decision), the Expert panel for annual wage reviews identified that the casual loading rate of 20% in the Business Equipment Award 2010 (Business Equipment Award) differs from the standard casual loading rate of 25% found in other modern awards.

The Expert Panel indicated in the 2014-15 Review decision that 'this issue will be the subject of a preliminary hearing as part of the 2015-16 Annual Wage Review proceedings'.

Interested parties were invited to make a submission to the Expert Panel on this issue. The closing date for filing submissions and material on the casual loading rate in the Business Equipment Award was Thursday, 11 February 2016. A preliminary hearing was held on Thursday, 25 February 2016.

Parties were invited to make further submissions following the prelimary hearing.