Major documents contributing to an understanding of the work of the Commission are:
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Portfolio Budget Statements 2013–14
- Fair Work Act 2009
- Fair Work Amendment Act 2012
- Fair Work Amendment Act 2013
- Fair Work Amendment (Transfer of Business) Act 2012
- Fair Work Commission fact sheets and guides
- Fair Work Commission Rules 2013
- Fair Work Commission service charter
- Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
- Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Act 2012
- Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Regulations 2009
- Fair Work Regulations 2009
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employers not to be national system employers) Endorsement 2009
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2010 (No. 1)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2010 (No. 2)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2011 (No. 1)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2012 (No. 1)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2012 (No. 2)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2012 (No. 3)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2013 (No. 2)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2013 (No. 3)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2014 (No. 1)
- Fair Work (State Declarations—employer not to be national system employer) Endorsement 2014 (No. 2)
- Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009
- Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2009
- Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009
- Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2009
- Finance Minister’s Orders
- Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
- Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997
- Freedom of Information Act 1982
- Future Directions 2012–13
- Future Directions 2014–15
- Independent Contractors Act 2006
- Privacy Act 1988
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
- Public Service Act 1999
- Public Service Amendment Act 2013
- Public Service Regulations 1999
- Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 2013
- Small Business Fair Dismissal Code
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011
- Workplace Relations Act 1996 (as amended)
- Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008
- Workplace Relations Regulations 2006 (as amended)
- Workplace Relations (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)