Queensland's resource and construction industry employers today convened to discuss the latest issues confronting them under the Fair Work Act.

Chief executive Steve Knott of resource sector employer group Australian Mines and Metals Association said it was timely to discuss some of the issues affecting employers across the sector one year since the Fair Work Act had come into full operation.

"AMMA always has, and always will, pursue on behalf of its members a legislative and regulatory regime which meets the needs of modern Australian workplaces - a regime whereby employers and employees can both benefit from getting on with the job with a minimum amount of interference,"

"As such, I believe most fair minded Australian's would be concerned to hear certain unions are misusing the current laws to bypass a restriction that prevents a union official accessing the personal records of employees - even where the employee is not a member of that union." Mr Knott said.

"The confidence of both employers and employees alike in the Fair Work Act is eroded when we see unions misusing the laws to gain access to an employee's personal records,"

"This is just one of many areas of the Fair Work laws that should be fixed up." Mr Knott said.

Mr Knott said the forum would also address inconsistencies in Fair Work Australia ruling, concerns over the privacy of employee contracts, a massive increase in the number of agreements where union-specific clauses are being demanded and problems associated with the union monopoly over making enterprise agreements for new projects.