Fees and costs

For some applications, you must pay a fee when you apply. If you are in serious hardship, you can ask us to waive the fee.

You need to pay a fee when you ask us to deal with:

The fee for 2024-25 is $87.20. This changes on 1 July each year.

How to pay

You can pay by credit card or cheque or money order when you apply by post or in person. We will contact you for payment by credit card if you have not paid.

If you cannot pay

If you have serious financial hardship, you can ask us to waive the fee. Complete the waiver of application fee form and send it with your application.

Refunds

For unfair dismissal applications

For unfair dismissal applications, we will refund your fee if you ask us to stop the case:

where there is no current listing date for a conciliation, conference or hearing with either a Commission Member or a staff conciliator, or
at least 2 days before the listed date if there is a current listing date for a conciliation, conference or hearing.

For general protections and unlawful termination applications

For general protections and unlawful termination applications, we will refund your fee if you ask us to stop the case:

before we set a date for a conference, or
at least 2 days before the listed date if we have set a date for a conference.

For stop bullying or sexual harassment applications

For applications for the Commission to stop bullying or sexual harassment in connection with work, we will refund your fee if you ask us to stop the case before we set a date for a conference or hearing.

Find out how to stop (discontinue) a case.

For credit card payments, we refund the same credit card, usually within a week.

If you paid by cheque or with a now-expired credit card, we issue a bank cheque, usually within 6 weeks.