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title: "General protections application not involving dismissal (Fair Work Commission Form F8C): completion guide"
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# General protections application not involving dismissal (Fair Work Commission Form F8C): completion guide

> Link to the Commission's Form F8C with a guide to who can use it, the six-year time frame, the information needed, the 2026-27 fee and waiver, what happens after lodging, and the Commission's GenAI rules.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-fwc-f8c-general-protections-no-dismissal  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Employment & Workplace Relations](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at fwc.gov.au and the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when acting for a current or prospective employee or worker who has not been dismissed but believes adverse action was taken against them for a prohibited reason under the general protections in the Fair Work Act 2009 (s 372). For a dismissal, use Form F8.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a general-protections or retaliation claim and response](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/draft-a-general-protections-or-retaliation-claim-and-response.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may build the chronology of the adverse action and check the application covers what the Commission asks for; the lawyer decides the prohibited reason and checks every statement in each application, and the Commission's GenAI disclosure and checking statement are made.

**AI may:**

- Build a dated chronology linking the workplace right, attribute or activity to each adverse action, with sources
- Look up the respondent's ABN from the payslip or the ABN register and check it against the draft
- Check the draft covers every item the Commission lists, including the harm suffered and the outcome sought

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide whether the action was adverse action or what the prohibited reason was
- Must not write the worker's account in their words or invent detail
- Must not cite a case that has not been checked and hyperlinked

**The lawyer checks:**

- The worker has not been dismissed (otherwise Form F8 and its 21-day limit apply)
- No current case about the same issue with another body under an anti-discrimination law
- Within six years of the incident
- Respondent correctly identified, with ABN
- Fee paid or waiver sought on Form F80; GenAI question answered and the checking statement included if GenAI was used

## Authorities

- [Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s 372 (application for the Commission to deal with a general protections dispute not involving dismissal)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2009A00028/latest/text)
- [Fair Work Commission, Apply for general protections – no dismissal (Form F8C)](https://www.fwc.gov.au/apply-or-lodge/form/apply-general-protections-no-dismissal-form-f8c)
- [Fair Work Commission, Using AI to help you with your case (requirements from 20 October 2026)](https://www.fwc.gov.au/genai)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.fwc.gov.au/apply-or-lodge/form/apply-general-protections-no-dismissal-form-f8c)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by fwc.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-fwc-f8c-general-protections-no-dismissal and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*