Protected concerns

You can report a concern if you are:

• a member or former member of a registered organisation
• an officer or former officer of a registered organisation
• an employee or former employee of a registered organisation
• a person who has or had a contract for the supply of goods or services or any other transaction with the organisation, branch, officers or employees
• an officer, former officer, employee or former employee of the person who has the contract or transaction.

To be protected by the Registered Organisations Act, the concern must be made to the right person and be about ‘disclosable conduct’.

Disclosable conduct

Disclosable conduct is an act (or failure to act) that indicates that someone may have: 

• breached the Registered Organisations Act, Fair Work Act 2009 or Competition and Consumer Act 2010
• broken any other law.

Who to disclose the concern to

To be protected under the Registered Organisations Act, the concern must be reported to the right person.

This includes:

• the registered organisation you belong to
• the General Manager or the staff of the Commission
• a Fair Work Commission tribunal member
• a Fair Work Ombudsman staff member.

• Report a concern
• Learn about the investigation process
• Understand a whistleblower's rights

Otherwise, call us on 1300 341 665, or email us at [email protected].