Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 20 November 2012:

In regard to the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO): (1) Why have unions as employers not been selected as an industry subject to enforcement campaigns by the FWO. (2) Why would unions as employers, including union peak bodies, not welcome their inclusion as a subject of enforcement campaigns by the FWO. (3) Did an FWO officer telephone Kat Savvas on 27 July 2012 to communicate that she has no cause to pursue her contractual entitlements. (4) Why has the FWO decided that it is not in the public interest to pursue a penalty against the Australian Nursing Federation Northern Territory Branch (ANFNT) for consecutive failures to lodge agreements, given that FWO has pursued a penalty for similar failures by non-union employers. (5) Why has the FWO not accepted an undertaking by ANFNT in lieu of an FWO pursuit of a penalty, given that FWO has previously accepted such an undertaking in lieu from a non-union employer. (6) Has the FWO pursued any penalties against, or accepted an undertaking from, any union or union peak body in relation to contravention or non-lodgement of agreements between unions or peak bodies and their employees.