STATEMENT

Fair Work Act 2009
s.285—Annual wage reviews to be conducted

Annual Wage Review 2015–16
(C2016/1)

JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT

MELBOURNE, 30 SEPTEMBER 2015

TIMETABLE

[1] On 17 September 2015, the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) issued a Statement providing a draft timetable for comment for the Annual Wage Review 2015–16. 1

[2] The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) made a submission requesting that the closing date for lodging submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2015–16 be varied from 24 March 2016 to 31 March 2016. The request was made on the basis that 24 March 2016 coincides with the last day of hearings for the casual and part-time common issues as part of the 4 yearly review of modern awards. 2

[3] The Commission has considered the NFF’s submission, the proximity of the Easter break, and the effect the later closing date for lodgement of submissions would have on the statutory timeframes to which the Annual Wage Review 2015–16 must be conducted.

[4] The closing date for the lodging of submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2015–16 will now be 30 March 2016.

[5] The timetable, as set out in Attachment A, is confirmed. The timetable will now be published on the Commission’s website. 3

PRESIDENT

Attachment A
Final timetable for the Annual Wage Review 2015–16

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

Final timetable for the Annual Wage Review 2015–16

Date	Event
January–June 2016	Annual Wage Review for the 2015–16 financial year
29 January 2016	Interested parties to lodge expressions of interest to participate in a preliminary hearing on casual loading in the Business Equipment Award 2010
11 February 2016	Closing date for filing submissions and material on the casual loading in the Business Equipment Award 2010
25 February 2016	Preliminary hearing on the casual loading in the Business Equipment Award 2010
25–28 March 2016	Easter break
30 March 2016	Closing date for lodging submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2015–16
15 April 2016	Closing date for lodging reply submissions and any submissions relating to data published after 24 March 2016
6 May 2016	Closing date for expressions of interest in taking part in the final consultations
13 May 2016*	Closing date for lodging supplementary submissions limited to matters arising from the Budget
17–18 May 2016	Final consultations in Melbourne (17 May 2016) and Sydney (18 May 2016)

* This date has been set on the assumption that the Budget for 2016–17 will be handed down on the second Tuesday of May (10 May 2016) consistent with past practice.

1 [2015] FWC 6475.

2 AM2014/197 — casual employment and AM2014/196 — part time employment.

3 by authority of the Commonwealth Government Printer