---
title: "How to use AI for employment and FWC applications in Australia"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/guides/ai-fair-work-applications"
type: "how_to_guide"
site: "AI Law Framework"
practice_area: "Litigation and tribunals"
---

# How to use AI for employment and FWC applications in Australia

> From 20 October 2026 the Fair Work Commission’s generative AI guidance note applies in Commission matters. Tell the Commission, check the facts, and hyperlink the cases if you are a representative.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/guides/ai-fair-work-applications

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Check this before you rely on it

The Commission’s page is not GPN-AI and not a state Supreme Court note. The Uniform Law statement, the Law Society of New South Wales guide and Queensland Guidance Statement No. 37 still apply to what you upload. Personal and confidential case information stays out of a public tool.

## Steps

1. **Follow the Commission’s guidance note.** The Commission’s page says that if generative AI is used to prepare an application, submission, witness statement or other document, you tell the Commission that it was used and how, you check the document, and you say in the document that the check was done. The requirements apply in Commission matters from 20 October 2026. Open the note. This site’s court page is a reading aid, not the note.
2. **Hyperlink the cases you cite.** Legal practitioners and other professional representatives must include hyperlinks to case law referred to in a document prepared with generative AI. A case name with no link, or a link that does not open the case, does not meet that sentence. The citation guide is the check that the case exists and says what you claim.
3. **Check the facts against the evidence.** Dates, hours, dismissals and what was said are read against the documents and the client’s instructions. The Uniform Law statement and the Law Society of New South Wales guide leave that reading with the representative. Queensland Guidance Statement No. 37 keeps the file out of a public tool while you do it. A witness statement still has to be the witness’s own knowledge and words, as the Commission’s page says.

## Questions

**Is it allowed to use AI for employment and FWC applications in Australia?**

Yes, if you follow the Commission’s guidance note: disclose the use, check the document, say that you checked it, and, for representatives, hyperlink the cases. The note applies in Commission matters from 20 October 2026.

**What tools are used for employment and FWC applications?**

This page does not approve a Commission-filing product. Keep personal and confidential case information out of a public tool, as the Commission’s page says.

**What happens if the note is ignored?**

The Commission’s page says a document can be given less weight or disregarded, costs can be ordered, or the case can be dismissed. Read the page before you file.

## Sources

- [FWC GenAI guidance note](https://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/resources/guidance-note-use-of-generative-ai-in-commission-cases.pdf)
- [Uniform Law regulators: Statement on AI use](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice)
- [LSNSW: Solicitor's guide to responsible AI use](https://www.lawsociety.com.au/AI-hub/solicitors-guide-responsible-use-artificial-intelligence)
- [QLS Guidance Statement No 37](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/guidance-statements/no-37-artificial-intelligence-in-legal-practice)

## Related

- [Fair Work Commission AI guidance note](https://ailawframework.com/courts/fair-work-commission-ai-guidance-note.md)
- [Employment tasks](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations.md)
- [Checking citations](https://ailawframework.com/guides/verify-ai-citations-australia.md)