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Report 09|2010 — Fair Work Ombudsman: exercise of coercive information-gathering powers, June 2010
The Commonwealth Ombudsman’s office has an interest in the exercise of powers that can have an impact on the rights of the public, and the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman has certain powers that allow it to obtain information and documents when investigating employers or employees for compliance with the Fair Work Act 2009. We reviewed the Fair Work Ombudsman’s internal processes for use of its coercive information-gathering powers during an investigation, the outcomes of which are discussed in this report.