WHAT IS THE REFORM ABOUT?
The Code for the Tendering and Performance of Building Work
2016 (Building Code 2016) commenced on 2
December 2016. The Building Code 2016 mandates the standards of
conduct for any building industry entities who receive (or who
tender for) Commonwealth-funded work.
Significantly the Building Code 2016 implements new restrictions
on industrial action, enterprise agreement content, picketing and
coercion in relation to building work. It is important to note the
Building Code 2016 is currently being applied by the
ABCC.
Enterprise agreements of building contractors, building industry
participants and their associated entities, must be compliant by
31 August 2017, subject to some exemptions. While
some building industry entities have had their agreements assessed
by the ABCC, very few have commenced the process to formally amend
their agreements as required under the Fair Work Act 2009
by either terminating in term agreements, or varying
