To find out whether you may be eligible for a remedy under Unfair Dismissal provisions for a workplace termination, complete the Unfair Dismissal Application quiz.
It is critical that you lodge an unfair dismissal application within 21 days of your dismissal becoming effective.
If you don't meet that deadline the Commission may not be allowed, by law, to deal with your application - unless it determines there are exceptional circumstances. These circumstances are limited by law; you can read more about these in the Unfair dismissals benchbook.
The 21 day deadline can be confusing – it relates to when your dismissal 'becomes effective', which is the day your employment actually finished:
Put simply, generally your dismissal becomes effective on the day you stop attending the place of employment (regardless of any notice period), and that is when the clock starts ticking on the 21 day deadline.