Two recent Fair Work Commission decisions provide useful examples of how ‘exceptional circumstances’ can lead to extensions of time being granted in out-of-time unfair dismissal or general protections applications.

In Muhammad Ali Qureshi v Spotless Services Australia Limited [2023] FWC 1613 and Todd Smith v Tricare Ltd [2023] FWC 1585, there were a range of factors that contributed to the Commission’s findings of ‘exceptional circumstances’.

In this article, Sian Gilbert and Dexter Cabal explain how these decisions offer a useful reminder about out-of-time applications for insurers and their insureds.

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