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Appendix C: Tables and figures reference data

Tables for the delivery of Commission services

Table C1: Decisions and orders published

2019–20

2018–19

2017–18

2016–17

Decisions and orders published

10,030

10,974

9,717

11,103

Table C2: Hearings and conferences conducted by Members, by location or method

Location or method

2019–20

2018–19

2017–18

2016–17

Adelaide

173

240

240

225

Brisbane

595

847

647

866

Canberra

126

105

101

120

Darwin

15

19

35

18

Hobart

48

86

58

47

Melbourne

1,442

1,797

1,989

2,080

Newcastle

89

117

93

137

Perth

204

427

522

618

Sydney

972

1,406

1,277

1,516

Wollongong

0

0

0

0

Other places

149

240

294

337

In chambers

2,965

2,894

2,316

5,543

Telephone

5,798

3,020

2,839

3,372

Video

530

504

785

925

Total

13,106

11,702

11,196

15,804

Table C3: Applications lodged, by matter type

Matter type

2019–20

Fair Work Act 2009

33,443

Rule 7 (FWC) - Directions on procedure

1

s.113(6) - Application for an order that terms of prior long service leave instrument are applicable

1

s.120 - Application to vary redundancy pay for other employment or incapacity to pay

319

s.122 - Transfer of employment situations that affect the obligation to pay redundancy pay

1

s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards

5

s.157 - FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective

63

s.158 - Application to make a modern award

1

s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award

16

s.160 - Application to vary a modern award to remove ambiguity or uncertainty or correct error

8

s.185 - Application for approval of a greenfields agreement

254

s.185 - Application for approval of a multi-enterprise agreement

15

s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement

3,526

s.210 - Application for approval of a variation of an enterprise agreement

201

s.217 - Application to vary an agreement to remove an ambiguity or uncertainty

24

s.217A - Application to deal with a dispute about variations

7

s.222 - Application for approval of a termination of an enterprise agreement

57

s.225 - Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date

323

s.229 - Application for a bargaining order

54

s.236 - Application for a majority support determination

93

s.238 - Application for a scope order

10

s.240 - Application to deal with a bargaining dispute

143

s.248 - Application for a single interest employer authorisation

9

s.251 - Application for a variation of a single interest employer authorisation

3

s.252 - Application to extend single interest employer authorisation

1

s.260 - Application for consent low-paid workplace determination

4

s.266 - Industrial action related workplace determination

1

s.269 - Bargaining related workplace determination

2

s.285 - Annual wage review

1

s.302 - Application for an equal remuneration order

6

s.318 - Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and transferring employees

94

s.319 - Application for an order relating to instruments covering new employer and non-transferring employees

49

s.320 - Application to vary a transferable instrument – agreement

9

s.365 - Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal

4,823

s.365 - Application to deal with contraventions involving dismissal (consent arbitration)

15

s.372 - Application to deal with other contravention disputes

912

s.394 - Application for unfair dismissal remedy

16,558

s.401 - Application for costs orders against lawyers and paid agents

1

s.418 - Application for an order that industrial action by employees or employers stop etc.

27

s.423 - Application to suspend or terminate protected industrial action – significant economic harm etc

1

s.424 - Application to suspend or terminate protected industrial action – endangering life etc.

3

s.425 - Application to suspend protected industrial action, cooling off

1

s.426 - Application to suspend protected industrial action, significant harm to a third party

1

s.437 - Application for a protected action ballot order

696

s.447 - Application for variation of protected action ballot order

48

s.448 - Application for revocation of protected action ballot order

28

s.459 - Application to extend the 30-day period in which industrial action is authorised by protected action ballot

115

s.472 - Application for an order relating to certain partial work bans

1

s.483AA - Application for an order to access non-member records

7

s.505 - Application to deal with a right of entry dispute

38

s.510 - Upon referral, revoke or suspend an entry permit

1

s.512 - Application for a right of entry permit

1,128

s.516 - Application to extend entry permit

23

s.520 - Application for an affected member certificate

5

s.526 - Application to deal with a dispute involving stand down

183

s.531 - Application for an order where failure to notify or consult registered employee associations about dismissals

2

s.533 - Application for an FWC Order

4

s.576(2)(aa) - Promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes

18

s.576(2)(ca) - Proceeding referred to FWC for mediation

11

s.589 - Application for procedural and interim decision

2

s.602 - Application to correct obvious error(s) etc. in relation to FWC’s decision

14

s.603 - Application to vary or revoke an FWC decision

1

s.604 - Appeal of decisions

221

s.611 - Application for costs

1

s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute

1719

s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute in relation to flexible working arrangements

29

s.768BA - Application for an order about coverage for transferring employees under a state instrument

2

s.773 - Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute

138

s.773 - Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute (consent arbitration)

1

s.789FC - Application for an order to stop bullying

820

s.789GV - Application to deal with a dispute in relation to a JobKeeper direction

128

s.789GV - Application to deal with a dispute under Part 6-4C

416

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

192

RO Act - Request for advice and assistance – FWC

78

s.151(1) RO Act - Membership Agreement with State Registered Union

1

s.152(2) RO Act - Assets and Liabilities Agreement with State Registered Union

1

s.158(1) RO Act - Application for alteration of eligibility rules

7

s.158(1) RO Act - Application for change of name of organisation

5

s.159(1) RO Act - Notification of alterations of other rules

84

s.161 RO Act - Evidence of rules

1

s.18(a) RO Act - Application for registration by an association of employers

1

s.18(c) RO Act - Application for registration by an enterprise union

1

s.180 RO Act - Conscientious Objection to Membership of Organisations

4

s.246(1) RO Act - Application for determination of reporting units

1

s.26(6) RO Act - Application to issue a copy of or certificate replacing the certificate of registration

2

s.30(1)(a) RO Act - Application by organisation for cancellation of registration

3

s.30(1)(c) RO Act - Cancellation of registration on FWC’s Own Motion

3

Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

173

Sch. 3, Item 10 - Application to vary transitional instrument to remove ambiguity – agreement

1

Sch. 3, Item 15 - Application by agreement to terminate collective agreement-based transitional instrument

10

Sch. 3, Item 16 - Application to terminate collective agreement-based transitional instrument

70

Sch. 3, Item 17 - Application by agreement to terminate individual agreement-based transitional instrument

81

Sch. 3, Item 19 - Declaration for unilateral termination with FWC approval to terminate individual agreement

10

Sch. 5, Item 9 - Application for an order remedying reduction in take-home pay resulting from a modern award

1

Work Health and Safety Act 2011

66

s.131 WHS Act - Application for a WHS entry permit

64

s.229 WHS Act - WH&S Review Authority

2

Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Administration Act 1992

1

s.39D CMILSLA Act - FWC may deal with disputes relating to long service leave

1

Administrative

112

OH&S Review Authority

1

Request for a Board of Reference

111

Workplace Relations Act 1996

2

s.170LW - Pre-reform Act – Application for settlement of dispute (certified agreement)

1

s.709 - Application to FWC to have a dispute resolution process conducted (Div 5)

1

Grand total

33,989

FWC = Fair Work Commission, ROA = Registered Organisations Act, WHS Act = Work Health and Safety Act

Table C4: JobKeeper Applications by Subject Matter

Subject Matter

2019–20

Wage condition or minimum payment guarantee (ss.789GDA, 789GDB)

44

JobKeeper enabling stand down (s.789GDC)

72

Duties of work (s.789GE)

20

Location of work (s.789GF)

12

Days, times of work etc (s.789GG)

68

Taking paid annual leave (s.789GJ)

61

Secondary employment, training for professional development (s.789GU)

7

Matters that appear to be outside Part 6-4C

363

Table C5: JobKeeper Applications – finalisations

Outcome

2019–20

Application withdrawn

386

Resolved at conciliation or mediation

92

Finalised by decision

40

Finalised by administrative dismissal (s.587)

33

Finalised at arbitration: resolved

4

Finalised at arbitration: Substituting JobKeeper direction

1

Finalised at arbitration: Referred to another matter

1

Finalised by arbitration: Orders JobKeeper direction desirable

1

Total finalisations

518

Tables for ‘Management and accountability’

Table C6: Details of accountable authority during the reporting period

Period as the accountable authority or member

Name

Position title/position held

Date of commencement

Date of cessation

Bernadette O’Neill

General Manager

1/07/2019

30/06/2020

Table C7: All ongoing employees current reporting period (2019–20)

Male

Female

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

NSW

10

0

10

23

2

25

35

Qld

8

1

9

7

1

8

17

SA

5

0

5

4

2

6

11

Tas

0

0

0

0

2

2

2

Vic

52

3

55

78

24

102

157

WA

1

0

1

7

1

8

9

ACT

2

0

2

2

0

2

4

NT

0

0

0

3

0

3

3

Total

78

4

82

124

32

156

238

Table C8: All non-ongoing employees current reporting period (2019–20)

Male

Female

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

NSW

9

0

9

6

0

6

15

Qld

1

0

1

2

1

3

4

SA

1

0

1

2

0

2

3

Tas

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

Vic

8

1

9

21

4

25

34

WA

2

0

2

1

0

1

3

ACT

0

0

0

3

0

3

3

NT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

21

1

22

36

5

41

63

Table C9: All ongoing employees previous reporting period (2018–19)

Male

Female

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

NSW

10

0

10

24

2

26

36

Qld

5

2

7

6

1

7

14

SA

5

0

5

5

0

5

10

Tas

0

0

0

1

1

2

2

Vic

54

4

58

75

26

101

159

WA

0

0

0

8

1

9

9

ACT

2

0

2

3

0

3

5

NT

0

0

0

3

0

3

3

Total

76

6

82

125

31

156

238

Table C10: All non-ongoing employees previous reporting period (2018–19)

Male

Female

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

NSW

5

0

5

7

0

7

12

Qld

5

0

5

5

0

5

10

SA

1

0

1

3

0

3

4

Tas

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

Vic

10

1

11

25

1

26

37

WA

2

0

2

2

0

2

4

ACT

1

0

1

2

0

2

3

NT

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

24

1

25

45

1

46

71

Table C11: APS ongoing employees current reporting period (2019–20)

Male

Female

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

SES 1

2

0

2

1

0

1

3

EL 2

10

3

13

14

1

15

28

EL 1

10

0

10

14

7

21

31

APS 6

23

0

23

38

14

52

75

APS 5

17

1

18

35

1

36

54

APS 4

15

0

15

20

8

28

43

APS 3

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

APS 2

1

0

1

1

1

2

3

APS 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

78

4

82

124

32

156

238

Table C12: APS non-ongoing employees current reporting period (2019–20)

Male

Female

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

SES 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

EL 2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

EL 1

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

APS 6

1

0

1

1

0

1

2

APS 5

14

1

15

24

2

26

41

APS 4

6

0

6

11

2

13

19

APS 3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

APS 2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

APS 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

21

1

22

36

5

41

63

Table C13: APS ongoing employees previous reporting period (2018–19)

Male

Female

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total male

Full-time

Part-time

Total female

SES 1

1

0

1

1

0

1

2

EL 2

11

3

14

12

2

14

28

EL 1

11

1

12

13

7

20

32

APS 6

22

1

23

37

15

52

75

APS 5

13

0

13

34

3

37

50

APS 4

16

1

17

26

3

29

46

APS 3

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

APS 2

2

0

2

1

1

2

4

APS 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

76

6

82

125

31

156

238

Table C14: APS non-ongoing employees previous reporting period (2018–19)

Male

Female

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total

SES 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

EL 2

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

EL 1

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

APS 6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

APS 5

17

1

18

27

0

27

45

APS 4

6

0

6

16

1

17

23

APS 3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

APS 2

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

APS 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

24

1

25

45

1

46

71

Table C15: APS employees by full-time and part-time status current reporting period (2019–20)

Ongoing

Non-ongoing

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total
ongoing

Full-time

Part-time

Total
non-ongoing

SES 1

3

0

3

0

0

0

3

EL 2

24

4

28

0

0

0

28

EL 1

24

7

31

0

1

1

32

APS 6

61

14

75

2

0

2

77

APS 5

52

2

54

38

3

41

95

APS 4

35

8

43

17

2

19

62

APS 3

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

APS 2

2

1

3

0

0

0

3

APS 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

202

36

238

57

6

63

301

Table C16: APS employees by full-time and part-time status previous reporting period (2018–19)

Ongoing

Non-ongoing

Total

Full-time

Part-time

Total
ongoing

Full-time

Part-time

Total
non-ongoing

SES 1

2

0

2

0

0

0

2

EL 2

23

5

28

1

0

1

29

EL 1

24

8

32

1

0

1

33

APS 6

59

16

75

0

0

0

75

APS 5

47

3

50

44

1

45

95

APS 4

42

4

46

22

1

23

69

APS 3

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

APS 2

3

1

4

1

0

1

5

APS 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

201

37

238

69

2

71

309

Table C17: APS employment type by location current reporting period (2019–20)

Ongoing

Non-ongoing

Total

NSW

35

15

50

Qld

17

4

21

SA

11

3

14

Tas

2

1

3

Vic

157

34

191

WA

9

3

12

ACT

4

3

7

NT

3

0

3

Total

238

63

301

Table C18: APS employment type by location previous reporting period (2018–19)

Ongoing

Non-Ongoing

Total

NSW

36

12

48

Qld

14

10

24

SA

10

4

14

Tas

2

1

3

Vic

159

37

196

WA

9

4

13

ACT

5

3

8

NT

3

0

3

Total

238

71

309

Table C19: APS Indigenous employment current reporting period (2019–20)

Ongoing

1

Non-ongoing

1

Total

2

Table C20: Information about remuneration for key management personnel

Short‑term benefits

Post‑employment benefits

Other long‑term benefits

Termination benefits

Total remuneration

Name

Position title

Base salary

Bonuses

Other benefits and allowances

Superannuation contributions

Long service leave

Other long‑term benefits

Justice Iain Ross (AO)1

President

513,006

25,782

-

51,498

-

590,286

Bernadette O'Neill

General Manager

387.894

25,000

10,079

422,973

Total

900,900

25,782

25,000

61,577

-

-

1,013,259

  1. The President is eligible for a pension under the Judges’ Pension Scheme (JPS) pursuant to the Judges’ Pensions Act 1968. The Fair Work Commission does not contribute towards the cost of the JPS, which is an unfunded defined benefit scheme recorded in the Department of Finance Financial Statements.

Table C21: Information about remuneration for senior executives

Short‑term benefits

Post‑employment benefits

Other long‑term benefits

Termination benefits

Total remuneration

Total remuneration bands

Number of senior executives

Average base salary

($)

Average bonuses

($)

Average other benefits and allowances

($)

Average superannuation contributions

($)

Average long service leave

($)

Average other long‑term benefits

($)

Average termination benefits

($)

Average total remuneration

($)

$0–$220,000

1

129,504

13,356

2,672

-

144,189

$220,001–$245,000

1

208,977

21,880

5,101

235,958

270,001 -295,000

2

231,996

40,426

6,029

278,450

Table C22: Other highly paid employees

Short‑term benefits

Post‑employment benefits

Other long‑term benefits

Termination benefits

Total remuneration

Number of senior executives

Average base salary

($)

Average bonuses

($)

Average other benefits and allowances

($)

Average superannuation contributions

($)

Average long service leave

($)

Average other long‑term benefits

($)

Average termination benefits

($)

Average total remuneration

($)

1

226,313

19,728

5,608

251,649

Table C23: APS employment salary ranges by classification level current reporting period (2019–20)

Minimum salary

($)

Maximum salary

($)

SES 11

-

234,000

EL 2

123,189

144,171

EL 1

106,841

115,623

APS 6

83,927

96,542

APS 5

77,491

82,126

APS 4

69,510

75,433

APS 3

62,431

67,323

APS 2

56,479

60,759

APS 1

48,915

50,847

  1. The General Manager determines the salaries of SES employees. Note: The figures reflect base salary only and exclude superannuation and other benefits.