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Fair Work Commission Rules 2013
21AResponse to a sexual harassment FWC application
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#### 21A Response to a sexual harassment FWC application
(1) A person named in a sexual harassment FWC application as:
(a) a person allegedly engaging in sexual harassment; or
(b) an employer or principal of:
(i) an aggrieved person in respect of the application; or
(ii) a person mentioned in paragraph (a);
must lodge a response to the application with the Commission within 7 calendar days after the day on which the person was served with the application.
(2) However, the person may lodge one response in respect of 2 or more sexual harassment FWC applications if:
(a) the applications are lodged at the same time; and
(b) the applications are in respect of the same alleged contraventions, or related alleged contraventions, of Division 2 of Part 3‑5A of the Act.