Fair Work Ombudsman

Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman
Agency overview
Formed1 July 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-01)[1]
Employees1000+
Minister responsible
  • Murray Watt, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
Agency executive
  • Anna Booth, Fair Work Ombudsman
Websitewww.fairwork.gov.au

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) (or formally, the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman), is an independent statutory agency of the Government of Australia that serves as the central point of contact for free advice and information on the Australian national workplace relations system. The Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman also investigates workplace complaints and enforces compliance with national workplace laws.

The FWO, along with the Fair Work Commission (former Fair Work Australia), the national workplace relations tribunal, began operation on 1 July 2009 under the Fair Work Act 2009.

The agency head is the Fair Work Ombudsman, Anna Booth, who reports to the Hon. Murray Watt MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations.

  1. ^ CA 9305: Fair Work Ombudsman, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 May 2016[permanent dead link]