The Australian Mines & Metals Association’s (AMMA) has stepped up its attack on the Fair Work Commission (FWC), expressing concern to Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Labor appointees have dominated the rulings in recent years. AMMA says that 94% of cases heard by the full bench of the FWC between 2017 and 2019 were presided over by Labor appointees. AMMA CEO Steve Knott adds that four members of the FWC – all appointed by Labor – heard 87% of the cases during this period:
The Australian Mines and Metals Association released figures on Wednesday that it said showed Coalition appointees to the commission had been “overwhelmingly frozen out of significant Full Bench determinations over the past three years”…
He said having a narrow cohort of ALP-appointed tribunal members presiding over 87 per cent of Full Bench matters had “added significantly to the unhealthy, old-school tribunal culture” at the commission…
