Fair Work Commission deadline
Fair Work unfair dismissal deadline calculator
An unfair-dismissal application normally must be made within 21 days after the dismissal took effect. The Fair Work Commission must receive it by the applicable final time.
Rule reviewed
At a glance
What the calculator applies
- Period
- 21 days
- Trigger
- The day dismissal took effect
- Direction
- Forward from the effective dismissal date
- Counting method
- The dismissal day is excluded; the current Australia calculator applies its encoded final-day adjustment.
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- Example input
- 03/08/2026
Start with 03/08/2026 as the the day dismissal took effect. The calculator applies the dismissal day is excluded; the current australia calculator applies its encoded final-day adjustment. and check the current fwc deadline guidance, the effective date and any exceptional-circumstances application. before it shows the cited output and the checks that may change it.
Calculation basis
How the date is counted
The dismissal day is excluded; the current Australia calculator applies its encoded final-day adjustment.
Check the current FWC deadline guidance, the effective date and any exceptional-circumstances application.
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Exceptions and matter facts
- The effective date can be fact-sensitive, including communication and payment-in-lieu questions.
- An extension is exceptional and is not calculated automatically.
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