Submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22

Submissions to the Annual Wage Review 2021–22 are invited from interested parties including individuals, organisations and academics.

All submissions should be accompanied by the initial and post-Budget submission cover sheet (doc). 

The closing date for lodging written submissions is 5 pm (AEDST) 1 April 2022.

Submissions may be lodged by emailing them to awr@fwc.gov.au.

Under the Fair Work Act 2009, the Commission must ensure that all persons and bodies have a reasonable opportunity to provide comment on submissions. Submissions in reply are invited from interested parties including individuals, organisations and academics.

The closing date for lodging written submissions in reply and any other submissions relating to data or research published after 1 April 2022 is 5 pm (AEST) 6 May 2022.

Submissions in reply and submissions related to data or research published after 1 April 2022 should include the following cover sheet (doc) and may be lodged by emailing them to awr@fwc.gov.au.

Under section 289 of the Fair Work Act 2009, the Fair Work Commission is required to publish all submissions made to annual wage reviews.

Submissions to the Annual Wage Review 2021–22 will be published on this website when received.

However, if a submission made by a person or body includes information that is claimed to be confidential or commercially sensitive, and the Commission is satisfied that the information is confidential or commercially sensitive, the Commission:

1. may decide not to publish the information, and 
2. may instead publish:
   • a summary of the information which contains sufficient detail to allow a reasonable understanding of the substance of the information (without disclosing anything that is confidential or commercially sensitive), or
   • if the Commission considers that it is not practicable to prepare a summary that would comply with the subparagraph above – a statement that confidential or commercially sensitive information in the submission has not been published.

The Expert Panel has published questions on notice to be addressed by parties in their submission in reply. All interested parties are invited to comment.

Responses are due by 5pm AEST Friday 6 May 2022.

Enquiries can be emailed to: awr@fwc.gov.au.

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Questions on notice (docx) – uploaded 14 April 2022