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Fair Work applications use short statutory windows. Choose the exact application step, enter the event date and check the Commission correspondence, jurisdiction and any extension question before using the result.

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A calculator opens with the matching rule or system selected. A cited source guide stays deliberately source-first when the current model cannot faithfully generate a date.

Fair Work unfair dismissalCalculatorCalculate the 21-day Fair Work Commission unfair-dismissal application period from the effective date of dismissal.21 days · Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), section 394(2)Fair Work general protections dismissalCalculatorCalculate the 21-day Fair Work Commission general-protections dismissal application period from the effective date of dismissal.21 days · Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), section 366(1)Fair Work employer responseSource guideCheck the seven-day Fair Work Commission respondent response period for unfair-dismissal and general-protections applications.Seven days · Fair Work Commission Rules 2024, rules 65 and 66 Fair Work appeal noticeCalculatorCalculate the 21-day Fair Work Commission Full Bench appeal-notice period from the decision or order date.21 days · Fair Work Commission Rules 2024, rule 128(2)

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