CFMEU Inquiry Notice to Produce Documents
With the first 80 to 100 notices to produce documents issued, by the Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU and Misconduct in the Construction Industry under s5(1)(d) of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 (Qld). If you have received a Commission Notice “Requirement to give information in a written statement”, we encourage you to contact Workforce Advisory Lawyers for assistance and advice regarding your obligations on 1300 925 529.
The statement will require a considered effort to detail your company’s knowledge of the matters requested. The Notices we have been provide only a short timeframe of three or four weeks to respond. Industry participants should check their mail if they are returning from holiday leave. Any failure to comply with the notice may constitute contempt of the Commission.
Workforce Advisory specialise in the building and construction industry, and our solicitors have extensive knowledge with collective experience in excess of over 50 years of building and civil construction.
The exact content of each Notice may change from company to company, but it remains extremely detailed and wide-reaching, requiring a considerable amount of time and effect to collate what source documents the Commission is requiring.
The Commission statement requirements will likely include the following:
- Your qualifications and relevant work history and
- Details of all projects in the construction industry that at any time since 1 August 2015.
- For each Project, confirm whether the Union had a presence on the Project.
- Describe the working relationship (including any difficulties or problems in the working relationship) between your company and the Union at all material times since 1 August 2015 and identify the main person(s) from the Union with whom your company conducted its working relationship over that period. Further, any agreement was requested, negotiated, and finally agreed upon, and any demand or threat made by or on behalf of the Union in relation to not entering into a CFMEU-related Agreement.
- … to 17) etc.
Would you like the complete list? Workforce Advisory Lawyers, as industry experts, has established working relationships with key stakeholders and have already made multiple introductions to the Commission staff.
Our Dean Cameron continues to press the Commission for in-camera, unidentified, beyond-confidential statements via trusted industry solicitors such as Workforce Advisory Lawyers.
What’s Next:
Workforce Advisory Lawyers can assist you and your management team in complying with these short turnaround obligations or a request for exemptions or general advice phone 1300 925 529 or office@workforceadvisory.com.au