Fair Work Commission

Final consultations

Responses

The Expert Panel invited comment on the additional material provided by parties in response to the final consultations conducted on 17 and 18 May 2017. Parties were required to to provide their comments by Wednesday 4PM, 24 May 2017.

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 (17–18 May 2017) to be addressed by parties. All interested parties are invited to comment on any question published for consultations, including those that have been addressed to specific parties.

Responses to the questions are due by Friday 5PM, 12 May 2017.

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

Responses to questions for consultation

Preliminary hearing

In the Annual Wage Review 2015–16 decision, the Expert Panel for annual wage reviews (Expert Panel) proposed that a review of the transitional instruments that must be dealt with as part of annual wage reviews and the existing arrangements for employees with disability be the subject of a preliminary hearing for the Annual Wage Review 2016–17 (2016–17 Review).

The Expert Panel also indicated that the preliminary hearing proposed by United Voice into whether the Expert Panel should adopt a medium-term target would also form part of the preliminary hearing for the 2016–17 Review.

As outlined in the timetable, the preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday 24 October in Sydney.

In a Statement issued on Monday 19 September, three background papers were released covering material in relation to the following matters:

• a proposal for a medium-term target (PDF);
• a review of transitional instruments (PDF); and
• a review of existing arrangements for employees with disability (PDF).

Interested parties are invited to file submissions in response to these matters by 5 pm Monday 10 October 2016 and submissions in reply by 5 pm Monday 17 October 2016. Submissions can be filed electronically at awr@fwc.gov.au.

Submissions

Submissions in reply

Summary of submissions

The following are summaries of the submissions for each of the three matters:

• the proposal for a medium-term target (Word);
• the review of transitional instruments (Word); and
• the review of existing arrangements for employees with disability (Word).

Responses to questions on notice

Reply submissions to questions on notice