Original article by Elizabeth Colman
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 15-Oct-15

Fair Work Building & Construction’s 2015 annual report highlights the Australian construction industry’s lack of compliance with industrial relations laws. The report shows that Construction, Forestry, Mining & ­Energy Union officials were responsible for most of the 948 breaches of workplace laws that were investigated by the Fair Work Building ­Industry Inspectorate in 2014-15. The complaints investigated by the agency included coercion, unlawful industrial action, and breach of laws governing freedom of association and right of entry.

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FAIR WORK BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE FAIR WORK BUILDING INDUSTRY INSPECTORATE, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. ROYAL COMMISSION INTO TRADE UNION GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION