
Senate Standing Committee on Education and
Employment
Senate Estimates Brief – February 2014
Sham contracting
Key messages
• The FWO is the most appropriate agency to handle sham contracting matters;
• FWBC will continue to investigate sham contracting when it is a part of an investigation with
primary contraventions that are within FWBC’s regulator priorities.
Changes
On 3 December 2013, FWBC and FWO agreed for FWO to take carriage of wages and entitlement
matters. In some cases, this will include sham contracting cases.
Current data
• The last sham contracting investigation was launched on 28 November 2013;
• FWBC first referred a sham contracting matter to FWO (informally) on 4 December 2013;
• FWBC has since formally referred 0 sham contracting matters to FWO.
• FWBC has had 46 inquiries into sham contracting since 3 December 2013. Inquiries relating
exclusively to sham contracting are informally referred to the FWO.
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