How do I submit an application?

• To start an application, you must fill in a  Form 14 – Application for an Order to Stop Bullying or Sexual Harassment (or Both), which may be lodged in the Registry of the Commission in person, by online lodgement, by email or by post.
• There is no time limit to make an application.
• When lodging the application, you are required to pay a lodgement fee. To check the fees payable see Fees and charges.
• You are not required to have a representative and can represent yourself in your application. For information on representation and representing yourself, please click here. 

Who is my employer?

Your employer is not necessarily the director, owner or manager of the business. To identify your employer, one or more of the following may be helpful: 

• group certificate;
• pay slip;
• letter of appointment;
• job advertisement;
• written employment contract or agreement; and 
• performing a company or business name search.

You could also try to obtain company information from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) or the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.  

What happens next?

After you have submitted your Form 17, the Commission’s Registry will:

• check the form to make sure that it is complete and contains all the required information;
• if the form is complete, send a copy of it to you for your records; and
• serve a copy of it on the respondent(s).

The Commission’s Registry may call or email you after you submit your application to give you further information on the process, and to confirm you wish to go ahead with it. 

If the Form 14 is incomplete, it may cause delays.

The respondents have 7 days after receiving your claim to file a written response to it. The Commission will provide you with a copy of any response that is filed.

After the time for filing a response has passed, the application will be allocated to a Commissioner and listed for a conciliation conference.