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Cash out accrued annual leave in Australia by making a written agreement with your employer. Check your award or enterprise agreement, the four-week minimum balance and payment rules first.
Find out when an Australian employee can take two days of unpaid carer's leave, who they can care for, and what notice or evidence an employer may request.
Use Fair Work Commission Form F8C to raise a general protections dispute about adverse action that did not end your employment.
Check what should be in your Australian final pay, when it is due, and how to raise missing wages, annual leave, notice or redundancy entitlements.
Learn how to request up to 12 more months of unpaid parental leave, the 4-week notice rule, your employer's 21-day response deadline and refusal rules.
Eligible workers facing repeated unreasonable behaviour and an ongoing risk can apply to the Fair Work Commission using Form F72 for an order to stop workplace bullying.
Learn when an employee or employer can take a right to disconnect dispute to the Fair Work Commission, how to use Form F92 and what the Commission can order.
Use Fair Work Commission Form F75 to seek a stop sexual harassment order, help resolving a workplace sexual harassment dispute, or both.
Use Fair Work Commission Form F10A when a dispute about changing from casual to full-time or part-time employment cannot be resolved at work.
Learn who can make an unfair dismissal claim in Australia, the strict 21-day deadline, the 2026 application fee, what evidence to gather and what happens after filing with the Fair Work Commission.
Apply to the Fair Work Commission if you were dismissed because of a protected workplace right, discrimination, industrial activity or another prohibited reason.
Eligible employees in Australia can make a formal written request to change their hours, work pattern or work location under the Fair Work Act. Check the 12-month service rule, what your request must include, the employer's 21-day response deadline and when a refusal can be challenged.
Eligible employees in Australia can take up to 12 months of unpaid parental leave under the National Employment Standards, with options for continuous and flexible leave and a right to request up to a further 12 months.
Find all of your Australian superannuation accounts, including lost and ATO-held super, through ATO online services linked to myGov and consolidate eligible balances into one account after checking insurance, fees and other benefits.