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  • Job loss or dismissal
    • Types of dismissal and termination
    • Unfair dismissal
      • About unfair dismissal
        • What is unfair dismissal?
        • Who the law protects from unfair dismissal
        • Check eligibility for unfair dismissal
      • The rules for small business owners
      • The process for unfair dismissal claims
      • Apply for unfair dismissal (Form F2)
        • Check you are ready to apply for unfair dismissal
      • Respond to an unfair dismissal claim
        • What to do when an employee claims unfair dismissal
        • Respond to a claim for unfair dismissal (Form F3)
          • Help with Form F3 – Employer response to unfair dismissal
        • Object to an unfair dismissal claim
          • Object to an application for unfair dismissal remedy (Form F4)
          • Jurisdiction hearings in unfair dismissal cases
      • Conciliation for unfair dismissal
        • What is conciliation?
        • Tips to prepare for conciliation
        • What happens in a conciliation meeting
        • Options at conciliation for unfair dismissal
        • The role of the independent conciliator
        • Ask to delay a conciliation
      • Withdraw your application for unfair dismissal
      • Possible results of unfair dismissal claims
        • Compensation for unfair dismissal
          • The formula to calculate compensation
        • Reinstatement after unfair dismissal
        • Outcomes or remedies at an unfair dismissal hearing
    • Dismissal under general protections
      • About general protections
        • Understand general protections
        • Who the general protections laws cover
          • The difference between contractors and employees
        • Check eligibility for general protections
        • What is adverse action?
        • Prohibited reasons in general protections
        • Other workplace protections
      • The process for general protections dismissal
      • Apply for general protections – dismissal (Form F8)
      • Responding to a general protections claim
        • Response to general protections application (Form F8A)
        • Object to a general protections dismissal claim
      • Conferences for general protections dismissal
        • Tips to prepare for a general protections conference
      • Possible outcomes of a general protections – dismissal case
      • Apply for arbitration of a general protections – dismissal case (Form F8B)
      • Take your general protections case to court
    • Unlawful termination
      • Apply for help with unlawful termination (Form F9)
      • Respond to an application for unlawful termination (Form F9A)
      • Agree to arbitration for unlawful termination (Form F9B)
    • Redundancy
    • Respond to a claim against a business
  • Issues we help with
    • Common issues in the workplace
      • Resolve a dispute in your workplace
      • Apply for help to promote cooperative workplaces and prevent disputes (Form F79)
    • Bullying
      • The process to resolve workplace bullying
      • What is bullying at work?
        • About reasonable management action
      • What to do if you’re bullied at work
        • How we help stop workplace bullying
        • Who can apply to stop bullying
          • Check eligibility for an order to stop bullying
        • Apply to stop workplace bullying (Form F72)
      • Respond to a bullying claim
        • Respond as an employer or principal in a bullying application (Form F73)
        • Respond as a person named in a bullying application (Form F74)
      • Conciliation for bullying at work
        • Prepare for a conciliation session
    • Sexual harassment
      • What is sexual harassment at work
      • Who can apply for orders to stop sexual harassment at work
      • Discrimination, the general protections and work health and safety
      • What to do if you’re sexually harassed at work
      • The Commission’s process to resolve sexual harassment at work
      • Apply to stop sexual harassment at work
      • Respond to an application about sexual harassment at work
      • Conciliation about sexual harassment at work
      • Conferences and hearings about sexual harassment at work
    • Discrimination
    • Help for small business owners
      • What we are doing to help small business
    • Casual to permanent status
      • Apply to resolve a dispute about casual conversion (Form F10A)
    • Dispute about an award or agreement
      • Apply to resolve a dispute about an award or agreement (Form F10)
    • Disputes about general protections
      • Process for general protection disputes
      • Apply for general protections – no dismissal (Form F8C)
      • Responding to a general protections claim not involving dismissal
    • Industrial action
      • Organise a protected action ballot
        • Apply to hold a protected action ballot (Form F34)
        • Apply to extend the 30-day period for protected action (Form F34A)
      • Types of industrial action
      • Payments during industrial action
      • Ballot results
      • Apply to resolve a stand down dispute (Form F13)
      • Apply to stop unprotected industrial action (Form F14)
    • Cooperative Workplaces program
      • Interest-based approaches
      • Interest-based bargaining
      • Interest-based consultation
      • Interest-based problem-solving
    • Jobkeeper disputes
      • Apply to resolve a jobkeeper dispute (Form F13A)
  • Agreements & awards
    • Enterprise agreements
      • Find an enterprise agreement
        • Agreements in progress
      • About enterprise agreements
        • About single and multi-enterprise agreements
        • About greenfields agreements
        • Historical agreements and instruments
        • Statistical reports on enterprise agreements data
      • Make an enterprise agreement
        • The process to make an agreement
        • Before you start bargaining
          • Timeframes to make an agreement
          • Date calculator for single enterprise agreement
          • Plan to communicate your agreement
          • Bargaining representatives
            • Who can be a bargaining representative?
            • The role of representatives
            • Cancel a bargaining representative
          • Apply for a majority support determination (Form F30)
          • Request to bargain for a replacement agreement
        • Start bargaining
          • Scope orders for enterprise agreements
            • Apply for a scope order (Form F31)
          • Resolve a dispute about bargaining
            • Apply to resolve a bargaining dispute (Form F11)
            • Apply for a bargaining order (Form F32)
            • Apply for a serious breach declaration (Form F33)
          • How to bargain in good faith
          • NERR – Notice of Employee Representational Rights
            • Create the NERR
            • Distribute the NERR to employees
        • Develop the agreement
          • Finalise the draft enterprise agreement
          • Guide to the BOOT
            • How we apply the Better Off Overall Test
            • Check an agreement can pass the BOOT
          • Terms and dates to put in an agreement
          • When employees genuinely agree to an agreement
          • Avoid common errors in agreements
            • Meet the terms in the NES
            • Sign an agreement the right way
            • Make sure your NERR is valid
            • Make 'loaded' rates clear
            • Explain what you did in the access period
            • Ways to pass the BOOT
        • Hold a vote on the agreement
          • Explain the agreement to employees
          • What to give employees during the 'access period'
          • Voting process for agreements
          • Record how and when employees vote
        • Create a greenfields enterprise agreement
          • Apply to approve a greenfields agreement (Form F19)
      • Change a single enterprise agreement
        • Apply for approval to change an agreement (Form F23)
        • Employer's declaration to vary an agreement (Form F23A)
        • Union declaration for variation of an enterprise agreement (Form F23B)
        • Apply to vary an agreement to resolve a casual conversion issue (Form F23C)
        • Apply to terminate an agreement after the nominal expiry date (Form F24B)
      • Approval of enterprise agreements
        • The process to approve an agreement
        • Requirements an agreement must meet
        • About undertakings in agreements
          • How to write an undertaking
        • Approval timelines for agreements
        • Is your agreement application ready to lodge?
        • Forms for approval of agreements
          • Apply to approve a new enterprise agreement (Form F16)
          • Employer declaration for an enterprise agreement (Form F17)
          • Union declaration for an enterprise agreement (Form F18)
          • Employee rep declaration for an agreement (Form F18A)
          • Employer's declaration for a greenfields agreement under s.182(3) (Form F20)
          • Union declaration for a greenfields agreement (Form F21)
          • Apply to approve a new greenfields agreement made under s.182(4) (Form F21A)
          • Employer's declaration for a greenfields agreement under s.182(4) (Form F21B)
          • Union declaration for approval for a greenfields agreement under s.182(4) (Form F21C)
      • Terminate an enterprise agreement
        • Apply to terminate an enterprise agreement by agreement (Form F24)
        • Ways to terminate an individual agreement (IABTI)
        • Declaration to support the termination of an agreement (Form F24A)
        • Declaration to support the termination of an agreement after nominal expiry (Form F24C)
        • Declaration in response to application to terminate an agreement after the expiry date (Form F24D)
      • Sunsetting of zombie agreements
        • What to do if I have a zombie agreement
        • What will happen to my zombie agreement
        • Extending a zombie agreement
    • Awards
      • Find an award
      • Create or change an award
        • Applications to create or change an award
        • Apply to create, change or revoke an award (Form F46)
      • Modern awards pay database
        • Data dictionary
      • What awards contain
      • The difference between awards and agreements
      • Awards research
    • Minimum wages and conditions
      • The national minimum wage
        • National minimum wage orders
      • National Employment Standards
      • Where to find your pay and conditions
      • Superannuation
  • Hearings & decisions
    • Hearings schedule
      • Adelaide hearings
      • Brisbane hearings
      • Canberra hearings
      • Darwin hearings
      • Hobart hearings
      • Melbourne hearings
      • Perth hearings
      • Sydney hearings
      • Regional hearings
    • How the Commission works
      • What to do when we set your tribunal date
      • About conferences and hearings
      • Prepare for a conference or hearing
      • Possible outcomes of a hearing or conference
      • What happens during a hearing
        • Inside the hearing room
      • On the day of your conference or hearing
      • Recording a hearing or conference
      • Ask to delay a hearing or conference
    • Appeal a decision or order
      • The appeals process
        • Reasons you may appeal a decision or order
        • Who can appeal a decision?
        • How to appeal a decision
        • Order to ‘stay’ all or part of a decision
        • Create an appeal book
      • Prepare for an appeal hearing
        • Prepare an outline of submissions for an appeal
        • What happens in an appeal hearing
        • Who sits on an Appeal Bench?
      • Timetable of appeal hearings
      • Results of appeals
      • Apply for permission to appeal (Form F7)
    • Decisions and orders
      • National wage and safety net review decisions
      • Significant decisions and summaries
    • Major cases
      • 4 yearly review
        • All decisions and statements
        • Alleged NES inconsistencies
        • Awards under review
        • Common issues
          • Abandonment of employment
          • Annual leave
          • Annualised salaries
          • Apprentice conditions
          • Award flexibility
          • Blood donor leave
          • Casual employment
          • Family and domestic violence leave
          • Family friendly work arrangements
          • Micro business schedule
          • National Training Wage
          • Overtime for casuals
          • Part-time employment
          • Payment of wages
          • Penalty rates case
            • Decisions & statements
            • General Retail Industry Award
            • Hair and Beauty Industry Award
          • Public holidays
          • Transitional provisions
        • Final stage proceedings
        • Plain language re-drafting
          • Fast Food Industry Award
          • Hair and Beauty Industry Award
        • Timetable
      • Annual wage reviews
        • Annual Wage Review 2022–23
          • Research for the Annual Wage Review 2022–23
          • Timetable for the Annual Wage Review 2022–23
        • Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Additional material for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Correspondence for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Decisions & statements for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Determinations for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Draft determinations for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • National Minimum Wage Order 2022
          • Notices of listing for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Research for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Statistical reporting for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Timetable for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
          • Transcripts for the Annual Wage Review 2021–22
        • Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Additional material for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Consultations for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Correspondence for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Decisions & statements for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Determinations for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Draft determinations for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • National Minimum Wage Order 2021
          • Notices of listing for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Research for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Statistical reporting for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
            • Initial submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
            • Post-budget submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
            • Submissions in reply for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
            • Supplementary submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Timetable for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
          • Transcripts for the Annual Wage Review 2020–21
        • Annual Wage Review 2019–20
          • Additional material for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Consultations for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Correspondence for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Decisions & statements for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Determinations for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Junior & apprentice rates in modern awards for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • National Minimum Wage Order 2020
          • Notices of listing for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Research for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Research proposals for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Statistical reporting for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
            • Initial submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
            • Submissions in reply for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
            • Supplementary submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Timetable for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
          • Transcripts for the Annual Wage Review 2019-20
        • Annual Wage Review 2018–19
          • Additional material for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Consultations for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Correspondence for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Decisions & statements for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Determinations for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • National Minimum Wage Order 2019
          • Notices of listing for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Research for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Statistical reporting for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
            • Initial submissions for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
            • Submissions in reply for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Timetable for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
          • Transcripts for the Annual Wage Review 2018-19
        • Annual wage reviews archive
          • Annual Wage Review 2012–13
      • Application to terminate the Apple Retail Enterprise Agreement 2014
      • Award flexibility – Hospitality and retail sectors
        • Application to vary the Hospitality Award
        • Application to vary the Restaurant Award
        • Application to vary the Retail Award
        • Background material
        • Correspondence
        • Decisions and statements
        • Notices of listing and directions
        • Research and data
        • Submissions
        • Transcript
      • Ballot for withdrawal of ME Division from CFMMEU
      • Ballot for withdrawal of Manufacturing Division from CFMMEU
      • Family and domestic violence leave review
        • Decisions & statements
      • Proposed On Demand Delivery Services Award (Menulog)
      • Review of certain C14 rates in modern awards
      • Superannuation fund reviews
      • Svitzer Australia Pty Limited industrial action
      • Work value case – Aged Care Industry
        • Correspondence
        • Decisions & statements
        • Notices of listing & directions
        • Research and information
        • Submissions
        • Transcript
      • Previous major cases
        • Application to terminate the IPCA (VIC, ACT & NT) Agreement 2011
        • Ballot for withdrawal of ME Division from CFMMEU
        • Casual terms award review 2021
          • Background material
          • Correspondence
          • Decisions & statements
          • Determinations
          • Notices of listing & directions
          • Submissions
          • Transcripts
          • All documents
        • Clerks – Private Sector Award – Work from home case
        • Equal Remuneration Case 2010-12
          • Applications
          • Correspondence
          • Decisions & statements
          • Draft orders
          • Exhibits
          • Notices of listing
          • Site Inspections
          • Submissions
          • Timetable
          • Transcripts
        • Equal Remuneration and Work Value Case
          • Applications
          • Correspondence
          • Decisions and statements
          • Legislation
          • Notices of listing and directions
          • Orders
          • Papers
          • Submissions
          • Timetable
          • Transcript
        • Health sector awards – pandemic leave case
          • Applications
          • Correspondence
          • Decisions and statements
          • Determinations
          • Information notes and articles
          • Notices of listing and directions
          • Orders
          • Submissions and witness statements
          • Transcript
        • Modern awards review 2012
          • Awards reviewed 2012
        • Undergraduate qualifications review
    • Case law benchbooks
      • Anti-bullying benchbook
        • Overview of benchbook
        • What is workplace bullying?
        • Who is covered?
          • Definition of ‘worker’
          • Definition of ‘constitutionally-covered business’
            • What is a person conducting a business or undertaking?
            • What is a Territory or a Commonwealth place?
            • What is a constitutional corporation?
            • What is the Commonwealth?
        • When is a worker bullied at work?
          • What does ‘at work’ mean?
          • Risk of continued bullying
          • What does ‘Reasonable management action’ mean?
        • Making an application
        • Responding to an application
        • What if the worker has been dismissed etc
        • Commission processes
          • Procedural issues
          • Representation by lawyers and paid agents
        • Evidence
        • What are the outcomes?
          • When can the Commission dismiss an application?
          • Contravening an order of the Commission
        • Associated applications
          • Costs
          • Appeals
          • Role of the Court
      • Enterprise agreements benchbook
        • Overview of benchbook
        • What is an enterprise agreement?
          • Single-enterprise agreement
          • Multi-enterprise agreement
          • Differences between single and multi-enterprise agreements
          • Greenfields agreement
        • Content of an enterprise agreement
          • Permitted matters
          • Coverage
          • Scope – who will be covered?
          • Terms & conditions of employment
          • Base rate of pay
          • Nominal expiry date
          • Mandatory terms
          • Flexibility term
          • Consultation term
          • Dispute settlement term
          • Optional terms
          • Terms that cannot be included
            • Terms that exclude the NES
            • Unlawful terms
            • Designated outworker terms
        • Agreement making process
          • Representation
          • Employees must be notified of their right to be represented
          • Bargaining representatives
        • Bargaining
          • Good faith bargaining
          • How long does bargaining take?
        • Voting
          • Voting process
          • Who can vote?
          • Timeframe for vote
          • Voting methods
          • When is an agreement made?
        • What happens if the parties cannot agree?
        • Making an application
          • Common defects & issues
            • National Employment Standards – common defects & issues
            • Better off overall test – common defects & issues
            • Mandatory terms – common defects & issues
            • Other terms of the agreement
            • Pre-approval requirements – common issues
            • Forms & lodgment – common defects & issues
          • Who must apply
          • Timeframe to apply – within 14 days
          • Material to accompany application
          • Signing an agreement
          • Employer must notify employees
        • Commission approval process
          • Genuine agreement
            • Minor procedural or technical errors
          • Where a scope order is in operation
          • Particular kinds of employees
          • Better off overall test (BOOT)
            • When an agreement passes
            • Classes of employees
            • Which award applies
            • Advice about coverage
            • Loaded rates of pay
          • Public interest test
          • Undertakings
          • Powers of the Commission
        • Associated applications
          • Majority support determinations
          • Authorisations to commence bargaining
            • Single interest employer authorisations
            • Ministerial declaration
            • Low-paid authorisations
          • Scope orders
          • Bargaining orders
          • Serious breach declarations
          • Disputes
          • Workplace determinations
            • Low-paid workplace determinations
            • Industrial action related workplace determinations
            • Bargaining related workplace determinations
          • Role of the Court
          • Appeals
          • Varying enterprise agreements
            • Varying by agreement
            • Ambiguity or uncertainty
            • Casual employee definition and casual conversion provisions
            • Discrimination
          • Terminating enterprise agreements
            • Terminating by agreement
            • After its nominal expiry date
          • Terminating individual agreements
      • General protections benchbook
        • Overview of benchbook
          • When is a person covered by the general protections?
        • What are the general protections?
        • How do the general protections work?
          • Rebuttable presumption as to reason or intent
        • Coverage for general protections
          • What is a constitutionally-covered entity?
          • What is a Territory or a Commonwealth place?
          • What is a trade and commerce employer?
          • What is a Territory employer?
          • What is a national system employer?
        • What if I am not covered by the general protections?
        • What is adverse action?
          • What is dismissal?
          • What is ‘injuring’ the employee in his or her employment?
          • What is altering the position of the employee to the employee’s prejudice?
          • What is discriminating between the employee and other employees of the employer?
          • Threatened action and organisation of action
          • Exclusions
        • Workplace rights – Division 3
          • Meaning of workplace right
          • Coercion
          • Undue influence or pressure
          • Misrepresentations
          • Requiring the use of COVIDSafe
        • Industrial activities – Division 4
          • What are industrial activities?
          • Coercion
          • Misrepresentations
          • Inducements – membership action
        • Other protections – Division 5
          • Discrimination
            • Race
            • Colour
            • Gender identity & sexual orientation
            • Age
            • Physical or mental disability
            • Marital status
            • Family or carer’s responsibilities
            • Pregnancy
            • Religion
            • Political opinion
            • National extraction
            • Social origin
          • Exceptions
          • Temporary absence – illness or injury
          • Bargaining services fees
          • Coverage by particular instruments
          • Coercion – allocation of duties to particular person
        • Sham arrangements – Division 6
          • Misrepresenting employment
          • Dismissing to engage as independent contractor
          • Misrepresentation to engage as independent contractor
        • Making an application
          • Dismissal applications
            • Timeframe for lodgment
            • Late lodgment
          • Non-dismissal applications
          • Other types of applications
            • Multiple actions relating to dismissal
            • Unfair dismissal
            • Unlawful termination
            • Court application (interim injunction)
            • Discrimination
        • Power to dismiss applications
        • Evidence
        • Commission process
          • Conferences & hearings
          • Dealing with different types of general protections disputes
          • Rescheduling or adjourning matters
          • Representation by lawyers and paid agents
          • Bias
        • Outcomes
        • Costs
          • When are costs ordered by the Commission?
          • Costs against representatives
        • Appeals
        • Role of the Court
          • Enforcement of Commission orders
          • Types of order made by the Court
      • Industrial action benchbook
        • What is industrial action?
          • Unprotected industrial action
            • Orders to stop or prevent unprotected industrial action
          • Protected industrial action
            • Immunity
            • Common requirements
            • Employee claim action
            • Employer response action
            • Employee response action
            • Pattern bargaining
        • Taking protected industrial action
          • Protected action ballots
            • Who may apply?
            • Making an application
            • Commission process
            • Varying a protected action ballot order
            • Revoking a protected action ballot order
          • Voting
            • Ballot agents
            • Who may vote – roll of voters
            • Ballot papers
            • Voting procedure
            • Scrutiny of the ballot
            • Results of the ballot
            • When is industrial action authorised?
          • Notice requirements
          • Commencing protected industrial action
        • Payments relating to industrial action
          • Partial work bans
          • Unprotected industrial action – payments
          • Standing down employees
        • Suspension or termination of protected industrial action
          • Powers of the Commission
            • When the Commission may suspend or terminate
            • When the Commission must suspend or terminate
              • Threats to persons or the economy
              • Suspending industrial action
            • Requirements relating to a period of suspension
          • Powers of the Minister
        • Enforcement
        • Appeals
      • Sexual harassment benchbook
        • Overview of benchbook
        • What is sexual harassment?
        • Who is covered by the laws to stop sexual harassment at work?
          • Definition of ‘Worker’
          • Definition of ‘constitutionally-covered business’
            • What is a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU)?
              • What is a Commonwealth authority?
              • What is a Territory or a Commonwealth place?
              • What is a body corporate incorporated in a Territory?
              • What is the Commonwealth?
        • When is a worker sexually harassed at work?
          • What does ‘at work’ mean?
          • Reasonable belief of bullying or sexual harassment at work
        • Risk of continued sexual harassment
          • Absence of future risk of sexual harassment
          • Change in circumstances
          • Other options for workers who are no longer working for the employer/principal
        • Making an application
          • Responding to an application
        • Commission process – Hearings and conferences
          • Powers of the Commission
          • Procedural issues
          • Representation by lawyers and paid agents
            • Notification of ‘acting for’ a person
            • What is representation?
            • When will permission be granted?
            • Exception – Conference by staff conciliator
            • Representation – Not in a conference or hearing
          • Bias
          • Rescheduling or adjourning matters
        • Evidence
          • Privilege against self-incrimination
        • What are the outcomes?
          • Conciliated outcomes
          • Orders to stop bullying or sexual harassment (or both) at work
          • Considerations
          • When can the Commission dismiss an application?
          • Contravening an order of the Commission
        • Associated applications
          • Costs
            • What are costs?
            • Applying for costs
            • When are costs ordered?
          • Appeals
          • Role of the Court
      • Unfair dismissals benchbook
        • Overview of unfair dismissal
        • Coverage for unfair dismissal
          • Who is protected from unfair dismissal?
          • People excluded from national unfair dismissal laws
            • Independent contractors
            • Labour hire workers
            • Vocational placements & volunteers
            • Public sector employment
          • Constitutional corporations
          • High income threshold
          • Modern award coverage
          • Application of an enterprise agreement
          • What is the minimum period of employment?
            • How do you calculate the minimum period of employment?
            • What is continuous service?
            • What is an excluded period?
          • Bankruptcy
          • Insolvency
        • What is dismissal?
          • When does a dismissal take effect?
          • Terminated at the employer's initiative
          • Forced resignation
          • Demotion
          • Contract for a specified period of time
          • Contract for a specified task
          • Contract for a specified season
          • Training arrangement
          • What is a transfer of employment?
          • Periods of service as a casual employee
          • What is a genuine redundancy?
            • Job no longer required due to changes in operational requirements
            • Consultation obligations
            • Redeployment
          • What is the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code?
        • What makes a dismissal unfair?
          • Valid reason relating to capacity or conduct
            • Capacity
            • Conduct
          • Notification of reason for dismissal
          • Opportunity to respond
          • Unreasonable refusal of a support person
          • Warnings – unsatisfactory performance
          • Size of employer's enterprise & human resources specialists
          • Other relevant matters
        • Making an application
          • Application fee
          • Timeframe for lodgment
          • Extension of time for lodging an application
          • Who is the employer?
          • Multiple actions
          • Discontinuing an application
        • Objecting to an application
        • Commission process – conciliations, hearings and conferences
          • Conciliation
          • Hearings and conferences
          • Preparing for hearings and conferences
          • Representation by lawyers and paid agents
          • Rescheduling or adjourning matters
          • Bias
        • Remedies
          • Reinstatement
            • Order for reinstatement cannot be subject to conditions
            • Order to maintain continuity
            • Order to restore lost pay
          • Compensation
            • Calculating compensation
            • Instalments
            • Mitigation
            • Remuneration
            • Any other matters that the Commission considers relevant
            • Compensation cap
        • Dismissing an application
        • Evidence
        • Costs
          • Costs against representatives
          • Security for costs
        • Appeals
          • Staying decisions
        • Role of the Court
      • JobKeeper disputes benchbook
        • Introduction
          • Overview of the Coronavirus Economic Response provisions in the Fair Work Act
        • JobKeeper enabling directions – general information
          • Service & entitlement accrual while a JobKeeper enabling direction applies
          • When a JobKeeper enabling direction will have no effect
          • Stand downs that are not jobkeeper enabling stand downs
          • Employee requests for secondary employment, training and professional development during a jobkeeper enabling stand down
        • JobKeeper enabling stand down directions – employers currently entitled to jobkeeper payments
          • Directions about duties & location of work
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      • Introduction
        • Overview of the Coronavirus Economic Response provisions in the Fair Work Act
      • JobKeeper enabling directions – general information
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        • When a JobKeeper enabling direction will have no effect
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        • Directions about duties & location of work – employer previously entitled to jobkeeper payment for employee
        • Termination of a jobkeeper enabling direction made by a legacy employer
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        • Termination of an agreement about days or times of work
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January 2023

  • AM2022/25 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Treves - Horticulture Award 2020 - Hatcher AP - 25 January
  • AM2023/1 s.158 - Application to vary a modern award by Bongiorno – Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award - Hatcher AP – 20 January
  • B2022/1569, B2022/1570 and B2022/1571 s.240 - Application to deal with a bargaining dispute, s.238 - Application for a scope order, and s.229 - Application for a bargaining order by McLeod and Forest Coach Lines - Cross DP – 17 January
  • AM2023/32 s.158 - Application to vary a modern award by Paranahewa – Real Estate Industry Award 2020 - Hatcher AP – 16 January
  • AM2023/34 s.158 - Application to vary a modern award by APESMA T/A Professionals Australia – Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 - Hatcher AP – 16 January
  • AM2023/35 s.158 - Application to vary a modern award by Woolworths Group Limited – General Retail Industry Award 2020 - Hatcher AP – 16 January
  • AM2023/36 s.158 - Application to vary a modern award by Application by Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia t/a Professionals Australia & The Australian Industry Group - Proposed Language Services Industry Award 2023 - Hatcher AP – 16 January

December 2022

Week 4

  • C2022/7131 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (145V) and Jessie McPherson Private Hospital - Lee C – 23 December
  • AM2022/25 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Treves - Horticulture Award 2020 - Hatcher AP - 21 December
  • C2022/3969 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (132N) and Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine - Clancy DP – 21 December
  • D2022/10 s.94(1) RO Act - Application for ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisation by Kelly – Hatcher AP, Gostencnik DP and Masson DP – 20 December
  • AG2022/4031 and AG2022/1694 s.222 - Application for approval of termination of an enterprise agreement by XRF Labware Pty Ltd T/A XRF Labware and s. 229 - Application for a bargaining order by The National Secretary and Verbeeten - XRF Labware Pty Ltd and AWU Enterprised Based Agreement 2019-2022 - Johns C - 20 December
  • C2022/6838 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Victoria International Container Terminal Limited T/A VICT - Victoria International Container Terminal Operations Agreement 2021 - Bell DP – 19 December
  • AM2022/28 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Indigenous Education and Boarding Australia - Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award 2020 - Clancy DP - 19 December

Week 3

  • C2022/7298 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Sydney Trains - Catanzariti VP, O'Neill DP and Bissett C - 16 December
  • C2022/7944 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Victorian Hospitals' Industrial Association (289V) - Gostencnik DP, Millhouse DP and Lee C - 15 December
  • AM2022/29 s.157 - FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective - Telstra Award 2015 - Hatcher AP – 15 December
  • C2022/5539 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) (188V) and BOC Limited - Asbury DP, Gostencnik DP and Millhouse DP - 14 December
  • C2023/1 s.285 - Annual wage review - Hatcher AP - 13 December
  • B2022/1240 and B2022/1304 s.238 - Appeal for a scope order by Australian Workers' Union, The, "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and Santos Ltd - Hampton DP - 13 December
  • D2022/11 s.94(1) RO Act - Application for ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisation by O'Connor – Hatcher AP, Gostencnik DP and Masson DP – 12 December
  • B2022/1240 and B2022/1304 s.238 - Appeal for a scope order by Australian Workers' Union, The, "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and Santos Ltd - Hampton DP - 12 December

Week 2

  • C2022/3576 s.596 - Application to deal with a dispute by Green and Jetstar Airways Pty Limited  - Ryan C – 9 December
  • AG2022/4849 s.217 - Application to vary an agreement by Qube Ports Pty Ltd and CFMMEU - Colman DP - 8 December
  • AM2014/286 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards - Hatcher VP, Saunders DP and Cambridge C - 7 December
  • C2022/7464 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Miroch - Catanzariti VP, Clancy DP and Yilmaz C - 6 December
  • C2022/7348 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Brown - Catanzariti VP, Bell DP and Yilmaz C - 6 December
  • C2022/7121 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Muller- Catanzariti VP, Clancy DP and Yilmaz C - 6 December
  • C2022/6942 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by All Is 1 Pty Ltd T/A Banga Legal - Catanzariti VP, Bell DP and Lee C - 5 December
  • AG2022/123 s.225 - Application for termination of an enterprise agreement after its nominal expiry date by Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd - Svitzer Australia Pty Limited National Towage Enterprise Agreement 2016 - Easton DP - 5 December

Week 1

  • B2022/530 s.234 - Application for a serious breach declaration by The Australian Workers' Union and Woodside Energy Ltd - Binet DP - 1 December
  • C2022/5820 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Brooks and Macquarie University - Macquarie University Teaching Staff Greenfields Agreement 2015 - Cross DP – 1 December

November 2022

Week 5

  • B2022/530 s.234 - Application for a serious breach declaration by The Australian Workers' Union and Woodside Energy Ltd - Binet DP - 29 November
  • C2022/5801 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Independent Education Union of Australia and Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools Limited T/A Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools Office - NSW and ACT Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise Agreement 2020 - Cross DP – 29 November
  • C2022/5631 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by CPSU, the Community and Public Sector Union (090V) and Australian Broadcasting Corporation - McKinnon C – 28 November
  • B2022/530 s.234 - Application for a serious breach declaration by The Australian Workers' Union and Woodside Energy Ltd - Binet DP - 28 November
  • AM2022/27 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Macquarie Bank Limited T/A Macquarie - Banking, Finance and Insurance Award 2020 - Masson DP - 28 November

Week 4

  • B2022/1705 s.437 - Application for a protected ballot order by Transport Workers' Union of Australia and Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd - Dean DP - 25 November
  • C2022/3219 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by United Workers' Union - Hot Wok Food Makers Pty Ltd (ABN 15 058 494 447) Workplace Agreement 2021 - Hatcher AP, Asbury DP and Gostencnik DP - 25 November
  • C2022/6868 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Ausdrill Pty Ltd T/A Ausdrill Ltd - Gostencnik DP, Masson DP and Millhouse DP - 23 November
  • AM2022/7 s.157 - FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective - Variation of Professional Employees Award 2020 on Commission’s own motion - Professional Employees Award 2020 - Hatcher AP, Saunders DP and Ryan C – 23 November
  • B2022/1749 and B2022/1750 s.240 - Application to deal with a bargaining dispute by Sydney Trains and another - Riordan C - 22 November
  • AM2020/99, AM2021/63 and AM2021/65 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Ellis & Castieu and others - Aged Care Award 2010 and others - Asbury DP, O'Neill DP and Bissett C - 22 November
  • C2022/6245 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Airservices Australia - Gostencnik DP, Millhouse DP and Simpson C - 21 November
  • C2022/6387 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Church of Ubuntu - Catanzariti VP, Cross DP and Ryan C - 21 November

Week 3

  • C2022/3893 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and UGL Pty Limited - UGL Operations and Maintenance Pty Ltd Geelong Refinery Maintenance Services Enterprise Agreement 2020 - Gostencnik DP – 17 November
  • C2022/6076 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Sommerville - Catanzariti VP, Cross DP and McKinnon C - 17 November
  • D2022/10 s.94(1) RO Act - Application for ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisation by Kelly – Hatcher VP – 17 November
  • B2022/1726 s.424 - Application to suspend or terminate protected industrial action - endangering life etc. - Application on Commission's own initiative re Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd - Hatcher VP, Cross DP and Easton DP - 17 November
  • B2022/1726 s.424 - Application to suspend or terminate protected industrial action - endangering life etc. - Application on Commission's own initiative re Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd - Hatcher VP - 16 November
  • C2022/9257 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by The Australian Maritime Officers' Union and Smit Lamnalco (Towage) Australia Pty Ltd and another - Smit Lamnalco Towage (Australia) Pty Ltd and AMOU Gladstone Enterprise Agreement 2016 - Asbury DP – 16 November
  • C2022/9257 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by The Australian Maritime Officers' Union and Smit Lamnalco (Towage) Australia Pty Ltd and another - Smit Lamnalco Towage (Australia) Pty Ltd and AMOU Gladstone Enterprise Agreement 2016 - Asbury DP – 15 November
  • AM2022/29 s.160 - Variation of modern award & s.157 - FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective - Modern award superannuation clause review - Ross J - 14 November

Week 2

  • AG2022/1809 s.768BG - Application to consolidate orders in relation to non-transferring employees by Australian Education Union (284V) and another - Educational Services (Post-Secondary Education) Award 2020 – Lee C – 11 November
  • AG2022/1809 s.768BG - Application to consolidate orders in relation to non-transferring employees by Australian Education Union (284V) and another - Educational Services (Post-Secondary Education) Award 2020 – Lee C – 10 November
  • AM2016/28 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards - Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 – Hatcher VP – 8 November
  • C2022/1761 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Mr Jonathan Dugald Mitchell and University of Tasmania - University of Tasmania Staff Agreement 2017 - 2021 - Lee C – 8 November
  • B2022/1417 s.437 - Application for a protected ballot order by "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and Other and BHP Coal Pty Ltd – Asbury DP – 7 November
  • C2022/7167 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Antonuccio and Ticketek Pty Ltd - Platt C – 7 November

Week 1

  • C2021/7977 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Transport Workers' Union of Australia and Linfox Armaguard Pty Ltd T/A Armaguard - Armaguard Road Crew (Tasmania) Enterprise Agreement 2015 and another - Lee C – 4 November
  • C2022/3482 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (105N) and Australian Offshore Solutions Pty Ltd - Binet DP – 3 November
  • AG2022/3854 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by Carey Baptist Grammar School - Lee C - 3 November
  • C2019/5259 s.157 - FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective - Review of certain C14 rates in modern awards - Ross J - 2 November

October 2022

Week 5

  • C2022/3219 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by United Workers' Union - Hot Wok Food Makers Pty Ltd (ABN 15 058 494 447) Workplace Agreement 2021 - Hatcher VP, Asbury DP and Gostencnik DP – 28 October
  • C2022/3669 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (105N) and Qube Ports Pty Ltd - Binet DP – 27 October
  • AG2022/4007 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by Viridian Glass Pty Ltd T/A Viridian Glass - Gostencnik DP - 27 October
  • AG2022/4262 s.217 - Application to vary an agreement to remove an ambiguity or uncertainty by Monash University T/A Monash University (Monash) and National Tertiary Education Industry Union - Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and Professional Staff) 2019 - Bell DP - 27 October
  • AM2022/30 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Australian Society of Dermal Clinicians - Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 - Catanzariti VP - 27 October
  • C2022/5840 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by United Workers' Union (108V) - Clancy DP, Cross DP and Young DP – 26 October
  • C2022/6231 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Malkoun and Australian Clinical Labs - Platt C – 26 October
  • C2022/3484 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Flinders Logistics Pty Ltd - Flinders Logistics Port Pirie Operations Agreement, 2020-2024 - Hampton C – 26 October
  • D2022/10 s.94(1) RO Act - Application for ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisation by Grahame Patrick Kelly – withdrawal from amalgamated organization – Mining and Energy Division – Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union – Ross J, Hatcher VP and Gostencnik DP – 25 October
  • C2022/5999 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd - Cross DP, Young DP and O'Neill C – 25 October
  • AG2022/4138 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by Buttler Freight Services Pty Ltd - Lee C - 25 October
  • C2022/3750 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute in relation to flexible working arrangements by Ms Natasha Fyfe and Ambulance Victoria - Ambulance Victoria Enterprise Agreement 2020 - Johns C – 25 October
  • C2022/3750 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute in relation to flexible working arrangements by Ms Natasha Fyfe and Ambulance Victoria - Ambulance Victoria Enterprise Agreement 2020 - Johns C – 24 October
  • RE2022/910 s.505 - Application to deal with a right of entry dispute by Roman Catholic Church Trust Corporation of the Archdiocese of Hobart T/A Catholic Education Tasmania and Independent Education Union of Australia - Lee C - 24 October

Week 4

  • C2022/6141 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Necdet Tarakci and others and KDR Victoria Pty Ltd T/A Yarra Trams - Yarra Trams Enterprise Agreement 2019 - Operations - O'Neill C – 19 October
  • AG2022/3996 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by D&D Traffic Management P/L - Lee C - 18 October
  • C2022/6141 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Necdet Tarakci and others and KDR Victoria Pty Ltd T/A Yarra Trams - Yarra Trams Enterprise Agreement 2019 - Operations - O'Neill C – 18 October

Week 3

  • C2022/6141 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Necdet Tarakci and others and KDR Victoria Pty Ltd T/A Yarra Trams - Yarra Trams Enterprise Agreement 2019 - Operations - O'Neill C – 14 October
  • AG2022/2370 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by Country Fire Authority T/A Country Fire Authority - Masson DP - 13 October
  • C2022/5395 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd - Catanzariti VP, Dobson DP and Simpson C – 12 October
  • AG2022/2370 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by Country Fire Authority T/A Country Fire Authority - Masson DP - 12 October
  • AG2022/2370 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by Country Fire Authority T/A Country Fire Authority - Masson DP - 11 October
  • B2022/713 s.236 - Application for a majority support determination by Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia T/A Collieries Staff Division and Ensham Resources Pty Ltd - Asbury DP - 11 October
  • B2022/1519 s.424 - Application to suspend or terminate protected industrial action - endangering life etc. - Qenos Pty Ltd and Australian Workers' Union, The - Bissett C - 11 October
  • C2022/5849 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Herc - Catanzariti VP, Asbury DP and Lake DP – 10 October
  • C2022/6140 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Low Latency Media Pty Ltd T/A Frameplay & Frameplay Holdings Corporation - Catanzariti VP, Asbury DP and Lake DP – 10 October
  • B2022/1256 s.229 - Application for a bargaining order by Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association and Others – McKinnon C – 10 October

Week 2

  • AG2022/3854 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by Carey Baptist Grammar School - Lee C - 7 October
  • C2022/2296 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (105N) & Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers, The (009V) and Svitzer Australia Pty Limited T/A Svitzer Australia - Easton DP – 7 October
  • C2022/5537 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Mr Martin Newby and Westpac Banking Corporation - Cross DP – 7 October
  • C2022/5570 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Scott Nigel Tracey and BP Refinery (Kwinana) Pty Ltd - Gostencnik DP, Saunders DP and Ryan C – 7 October
  • AM2022/29 s.160 - Variation of modern award & s.157 - FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective - Modern award superannuation clause review - Ross J - 7 October
  • C2022/2296 and C2022/2865 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Svitzer Australia Pty Limited - Easton DP – 6 October
  • C2022/4153 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Transport Workers' Union of Australia and Carbridge Pty Ltd - Beaumont DP – 6 October
  • C2022/5207 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union and City of Darebin - Wilson C – 5 October
  • C2022/2043 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by United Firefighters' Union of Victoria and Fire Rescue Victoria - Wilson C – 5 October
  • C2022/5082 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union  and DP World Brisbane Pty Ltd T/A DP World Sydney - DP World Brisbane Enterprise Agreement 2020 - Asbury DP – 4 October
  • C2022/1649 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Health Services Union (051V) and DPG Services Pty Ltd T/A Opal HealthCare - McKinnon C – 4 October
  • D2022/11 s.94(1) RO Act - Application for ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisation by Michael O'Connor – withdrawal from amalgamated organisation – Manufacturing Division – Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union – Ross J – 3 October
  • D2022/10 s.94(1) RO Act - Application for ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisation by Grahame Patrick Kelly – withdrawal from amalgamated organisation – Manufacturing Division – Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union – Ross J – 3 October

Week 1

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September 2022

Week 5

  • C2022/3845 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and Simplot Australia Pty Limited - Simplot Australia Pty Limited and AMWU and CEPU Echuca Enterprise Agreement 2021 - Mirabella C – 30 September
  • C2022/5237 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Mr Remus-Andrei Paun and Monash University  - Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and Professional Staff) 2014 – Bissett C – 28 September
  • C2022/3865 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Wongaburra Society T/A Wongaburra Nursing Home  - Wongaburra - Nurses Enterprise Agreement 2016 – Hunt C – 27 September
  • AM2016/28 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards – Pharmacy Industry Award 2020 – Hatcher VP – 27 September 2022
  • C2022/6141 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Necdet Tarakci & Marin Cikes and Others and KDR Victoria Pty Ltd T/A Yarra Trams - Yarra Trams Enterprise Agreement 2019 - Operations – O'Neill C – 26 September

Week 4

  • B2022/1412 s.437 - Application for a protected ballot order by Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union (139V) – Easton DP – 23 September
  • D2022/11 s.94(1) RO Act - Application for ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisation by Michael O'Connor – withdrawal from amalgamated organisation – Manufacturing Division – Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union – Ross J – 21 September
  • D2022/10 s.94(1) RO Act - Application for ballots for withdrawal from amalgamated organisation by Grahame Patrick Kelly – withdrawal from amalgamated organisation – Manufacturing Division – Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union – Ross J – 21 September
  • C2022/5563 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Clark– Hatcher VP, McKinnon C and Ryan C – 21 September
  • C2022/5793 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Suwandarathne – Gostencnik DP, Saunders DP and McKinnon C – 21 September
  • B2022/1256 s.229 - Application for a bargaining order by Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association and Others – McKinnon C – 20 September

Week 3

  • B2022/1316 s.229 - Application for a bargaining order by Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (052V) & Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union (139V) (215V) and Others – Cross DP – 14 September
  • C2022/2229 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Brisbane Container Terminals Ltd (BCT) T/A Hutchison Ports Australia - Hutchison Ports Australia (HPA) and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Enterprise Agreement 2021 – Asbury DP – 14 September
  • C2022/2229 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Brisbane Container Terminals Ltd (BCT) T/A Hutchison Ports Australia - Hutchison Ports Australia (HPA) and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Enterprise Agreement 2021 – Asbury DP – 13 September

Week 2

  • B2022/1316 s.229 - Application for a bargaining order by Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (052V) & Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union (139V) (215V) and Others – Cross DP – 9 September
  • C2020/4783 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, Mr Peter Cowan, Mr Darren Sisson, Mr Rod McLean, Mr Dayle Marriott, Mr David Bickhoff and Falcon Mining Pty Ltd T/A Falcon Mining - Falcon Mining Enterprise Agreement 2017 – Saunders DP – 9 September
  • C2020/4783 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, Mr Peter Cowan, Mr Darren Sisson, Mr Rod McLean, Mr Dayle Marriott, Mr David Bickhoff and Falcon Mining Pty Ltd T/A Falcon Mining - Falcon Mining Enterprise Agreement 2017 – Saunders DP – 8 September
  • AG2022/3153 s.185 - Application for approval of  Cockburn Cement Limited Union Enterprise Agreement Munster, Kwinana – Williams C – 7 September
  • C2020/4783 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, Mr Peter Cowan, Mr Darren Sisson, Mr Rod McLean, Mr Dayle Marriott, Mr David Bickhoff and Falcon Mining Pty Ltd T/A Falcon Mining - Falcon Mining Enterprise Agreement 2017 – Saunders DP – 7 September
  • C2022/5155 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Club Assist Pty Ltd – Catanzariti VP, Millhouse DP and Lee C – 6 September
  • C2022/2898 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by "Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union" known as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and ABBE Corrugated Pty Ltd - Abbe Corrugated Pty Ltd Agreement 2021 – Bell DP – 5 September
  • C2022/5315 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Johnstone – Catanzariti VP, Young DP and Lee C – 5 September
  • C2022/5570 and C2022/5571 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Tracey and BP Refinery (Kwinana) Pty Ltd – Gostencnik DP – 5 September

Week 1

  • C2022/3832 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Bourke & Clifford and Others – Catanzariti VP, Bissett C and Wilson C – 1 September
  • AM2020/99, AM 2021/63 & AM2021/65 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Ellis & Castieau and Others – Aged Care Award and Others – Ross J, Asbury DP and O'Neill C – 1 September

August 2022

Week 5

  • B2022/530 s.326 - Application to deal with a dispute by Application for a majority support determination by The Australian Workers' Union and Woodside Energy Ltd – Binet DP – 30 August
  • C2022/2043 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by United Firefighters' Union of Australia and Fire Rescue Victoria – Wilson C – 30 August
  • C2022/2043 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by United Firefighters' Union of Australia and Fire Rescue Victoria – Wilson C – 29 August
  • C2022/2043 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by United Firefighters' Union of Australia and Fire Rescue Victoria – Wilson C – 29 August

Week 4

  • C2022/5194 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Woodside Energy Ltd and Australian Workers' Union, The (002N) – Hatcher VP, Clancy DP and Millhouse DP – 26 August
  • AM2021/58 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Restaurant & Catering Industrial – Restaurant Industry Award 2020 – Clancy DP – 25 August
  • AM2020/99, AM 2021/63 & AM2021/65 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Ellis & Castieau and Others – Nurses Award 2020 and Others – Ross J, Asbury DP and O'Neill C – 25 August
  • C2022/4059 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Ricegrowers Limited T/A SunRice, CopRice Feeds and Australian Grain Storage Pty Ltd– Clancy DP, Millhouse DP and Wilson C – 24 August
  • AM2016/15 & AM2016/17 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards – Building and Construction General (On-Site) Award 2020 – Clancy DP, Millhouse DP and Wilson C – 24 August
  • C2022/2660 & AG2022/3077 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute & s.217 - Application to vary an agreement to remove an ambiguity or uncertainty by Australian Workers' Union, The and Contract Resources Pty Ltd T/A Contract Resources – Contract Resources Pty Ltd (Lytton Refinery) Queensland Enterprise Agreement 2021 – Lake DP – 24 August
  • AM2020/99, AM 2021/63 & AM2021/65 s.158 - Application to vary or revoke a modern award by Ellis & Castieau and Others – Nurses Award 2020 and Others – Ross J, Asbury DP and O'Neill C – 24 August
  • C2022/2660 & AG2022/3077 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute & s.217 - Application to vary an agreement to remove an ambiguity or uncertainty by Australian Workers' Union, The and Contract Resources Pty Ltd T/A Contract Resources – Contract Resources Pty Ltd (Lytton Refinery) Queensland Enterprise Agreement 2021 – Lake DP – 23 August
  • C2022/2593 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute in relation to flexible working arrangements by The Police Federation of Australia (Victoria Police Branch) and Chief Commissioner of Police T/A Victoria Police – Victoria Police (Police Officers, Protective Services Officers, Police Reservists and Police Recruits) Enterprise Agreement 2019 – Bell DP – 23 August
  • C2019/5259 s.157 - FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective – Review of certain C14 rates in modern awards – Hampton C – 23 August
  • C2022/3705 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Ready Workforce (A Division of Chandler Macleod) Pty Ltd t/a Chandler Macleod and Andrew Lowe & Others – Hatcher VP, Clancy DP and Milhouse DP – 22 August

Week 3

  • C2022/2128 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and KM Hale Pty Ltd T/A Spec Services – Dean DP – 18 August
  • AM2014/286 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards – Supported Employment Services Award 2020 – Hatcher VP, Saunders DP and Cambridge C – 18 August 2022
  • AM2014/286 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards – Supported Employment Services Award 2020 – Hatcher VP, Saunders DP and Cambridge C – 17 August 2022
  • AM2014/286 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards – Supported Employment Services Award 2020 – Hatcher VP, Saunders DP and Cambridge C – 16 August 2022
  • AM2014/286 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards – Supported Employment Services Award 2020 – Hatcher VP, Saunders DP and Cambridge C – 15 August 2022

Week 2

  • C2022/3219 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by United Workers' Union (108V) – Hot Wok Food Makers Pty Ltd (ABN 15 058 494 447) Workplace Agreement 2021 – Hatcher VP, Asbury DP and Gostencnik DP – 12 August
  • C2022/2602 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Dargaville and Newcastle Port Corporation T/A Port Authority of New South Wales – Port Authority of New South Wales Sydney Marine Pilots Enterprise Agreement 2019 - 2023 – Ryan C – 11 August
  • C2022/3412 s.739 - Application to deal with an unlawful termination dispute by Mr Mark Bateman and Insurance And Care NSW – Cross DP – 8 August

Week 1 

  • AM2022/7 s.157 - FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective – Variation of Professional Employees Award 2020 on Commission’s own motion – Hatcher VP – 3 August

July 2022

Week 4

  • AM2014/286 s.156 - 4 yearly review of modern awards – Hatcher VP – 27 July

Week 3

  • C2022/2422 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by Australian Workers' Union, The and Alcoa Portland Aluminium Pty Limited T/A Portland Aluminium – Portland Aluminium (Operators) Enterprise Agreement 2021 – Clancy DP – 20 July

Week 2

  • RE2021/1027 s.510 - Upon referral, revoke or suspend an entry permit in the matter of the Entry Permit of Simpson – Gostencnik DP – 14 July
  • AM2022/8 s.160 - Application to vary a modern award to remove ambiguity or uncertainty or correct error by EPI Capital Pty Ltd – Clerks—Private Sector Award 2020 – Hatcher VP – 11 July

Week 1

  • C2022/3536 s.739 - Application to deal with a dispute by De Almeida and Scalabrini Village Ltd - McKenna C – 8 July
  • C2022/3050 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Mangamuri – Masson DP, Hampton C and Wilson C – 5 July
  • C2022/3481 s.604 - Appeal of decisions by Piefke – Masson DP, Hampton C and Wilson C – 5 July
  • AG2022/1715 s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement by State Of Victoria (Department Of Education And Training) T/A Department Of Education And Training – Matheson C – 5 July

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Last updated: 06 Feb 2023
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