Fair Work Commission Annual Report 2014–15

Contents

• Preliminary introduction
  • Letter of transmittal
  • Readers' guide

1. Overview
   • President's introduction
   • General Manager's overview
   • Performance summary
   • Major achievements
2. About the Commission
   • Outcome and programme structure
   • Who we are and what we do
   • Our structure
   • Our history
   • Our clients and stakeholders
   • Our future direction
   • Future Directions – Continuing the Change Program
3. Performance reporting
   • Overview
   • Legislative amendments
   • Workload
   • Timeliness benchmarks
   • Resolving disputes
   • Unlawful termination disputes
   • Determining unfair dismissal applications
   • Setting the minimum wage
   • Orders relating to industrial action
   • Processes relating to modern awards
   • Enterprise agreements
   • Determining anti-bullying applications
   • Regulating registered organisations
   • Key performance indicators
4. Management and accountability
   • Corporate governance
   • Planning and development
   • Workplace health and safety
   • Business continuity
   • Ethical standards
   • Fair Work Commission values
   • Freedom of information
   • Accountability
   • The Commission's workforce
   • Employee pay and entitlements
   • Service Charter, complaints and code of conduct
   • Financial management
   • Agency resource statement
   • Expenses and resources for outcome
5. Appendices
   • Appendix A: List of Members
   • Appendix B: Panel assignments
   • Appendix C: Member activities
   • Appendix D: Documents relating to the work of the Commission
   • Appendix E: Methodology for Figure 2 – matters dealt with by the Commission and its predecessors 1998–99 to 2014–15
   • Appendix F: Methodology for Figure 6 – number of Commission sittings, various
   • Appendix G: Lodgment and case load statistics
   • Appendix H: Information on specific statutory requirements
   • Appendix I: Fraud Control Certificate
   • Appendix J: Financial statements
   • Appendix K: Subscription services
   • Appendix L: Fair Work Commission Service Charter
   • Appendix M: Fair Work Commission addresses
   • Appendix N: List of requirements
   • Glossary
   • Acronyms and abbreviations

• Figures
  • Figure 1: Organisational structure
  • Figure 2: Matters dealt with by the Commission and its predecessors, 1998–99 to 2014–15
  • Figure 3: Website visits
  • Figure 4: Applications lodged, hearings and conferences, and decisions and orders published
  • Figure 5: Case load by matter type
  • Figure 6: Number of sittings for various types of applications, 2009–10 to 2014–15
  • Figure 7: Performance – reserved decisions benchmarks
  • Figure 8: Performance – agreements benchmarks
  • Figure 9: Performance – appeals – lodgment to first hearing benchmarks
  • Figure 10: Appeals – reserved decisions benchmarks
  • Figure 11: General protections disputes involving dismissal – lodgments – monthly comparison
  • Figure 12: Unfair dismissal applications lodged – monthly comparison
  • Figure 13: How matters were finalised
  • Figure 14: Anti-bullying – flowchart of the process
  • Figure 15: Annual Returns compliance
  • Figure 16: Financial reporting compliance
  • Figure 17: Clearance rate of rules and advices
  • Figure 18: Clearance rate of Financial Returns
  • Figure 19: Clearance rate of Annual Returns
• Tables
  • Table 1: Lodgments by location (Registry of lodgment)
  • Table 2: Hearings and conferences by location
  • Table 3: Dispute applications – lodgments
  • Table 4: Dispute applications – timeliness
  • Table 5: General protections disputes involving dismissal – lodgments
  • Table 6: General protections disputes involving dismissal – timeliness
  • Table 7: Applications for consent arbitration of general protections disputes involving dismissal
  • Table 8: General protections disputes not involving dismissal – lodgments
  • Table 9: General protections disputes not involving dismissal – timeliness
  • Table 10: Unlawful termination disputes – lodgments
  • Table 11: Unlawful termination disputes – timeliness
  • Table 12: Unfair dismissal – lodgments
  • Table 13: Unfair dismissal – conciliation settlement rate
  • Table 14: Unfair dismissal, conciliation – results
  • Table 15: Unfair dismissal arbitration – hearing/conference results – jurisdiction
  • Table 16: Unfair dismissal arbitration – hearing/conference results – outcomes
  • Table 17: Unfair dismissal arbitration – hearing/conference results – remedies
  • Table 18: Unfair dismissal – timeliness
  • Table 19: Unfair dismissal – appeals
  • Table 20: Permission to Appeal Pilot statistics
  • Table 21: Outcomes of appeal matters from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
  • Table 22: Industrial action – lodgments
  • Table 23: Industrial action – all applications, timeliness (median time days)
  • Table 24: Industrial action applications – protected action ballot orders and orders to stop industrial action – timeliness
  • Table 25: Enterprise agreement approvals – lodgments
  • Table 26: Enterprise agreements – timeliness, lodgment to finalisation (median time days)
  • Table 27: Bargaining applications – lodgments
  • Table 28: Anti-bullying matters – timeliness
  • Table 29: Anti-bullying jurisdiction finalisation of matters
  • Table 30: Anti-bullying jurisdiction finalisation by decision
  • Table 31: Registered organisations – Annual Returns compliance
  • Table 32: Registered organisations – financial reporting compliance
  • Table 33: s.512 Fair Work entry permits 2014–2015
  • Table 34: Inquiries and investigations Chapter 11 Part 4 Registered Organisations Act
  • Table 35: Registered organisations – finalisation of matters in the jurisdiction of the Organisations Panel
  • Table 36: Regulatory Compliance Branch performance targets for 2014–15
  • Table 37: Key performance indicators
  • Table 38: Geographic deployment of staff
  • Table 39: Recruitment activity during 2014–15
  • Table 40: Staff reason for separation
  • Table 41: Employment status and gender by APS Level
  • Table 42: Senior executive and executive level employees by classification and gender
  • Table 43a: Location and gender by classification – female
  • Table 43b: Location and gender by classification – male
  • Table 44: Breakdown of complaints
  • Table 45: Fair Work Commission resource statement
  • Table 46: Expenses and resources for outcome
  • Table E1: Matters included in the total case load categories
  • Table F1: Number of sittings by matter type, 2009–10 to 2014–15
  • Table F2: Types of matters included in each case load category
  • Table G1: Applications lodged, hearings and conferences, decisions and orders published
  • Table G2: Website visits
  • Table G3: Cases by matter type
  • Table G4: Nature of proceedings
  • Table G5: Unfair dismissal – finalised after conciliation
  • Table G6: Unfair dismissal – finalisation
  • Table G7: Unfair dismissal, conciliation – size of employer
  • Table G8: Source data for Figure 11 – General protections disputes involving dismissal – lodgments – monthly comparison
  • Table G9: Source data for Figure 12 – Unfair dismissal applications lodged – monthly comparison
  • Table G10: Registered organisations – clearance rate of rules and advices
  • Table G11: Registered organisations – clearance rate of Financial Returns
  • Table G12: Registered organisations – clearance rate of Annual Returns