Employment & Workplace Advisory partner Bridget Little is quoted in the AFR’s coverage of last week’s Fair Work Commission decision involving work from home arrangements.
The Fair Work Commission decision found that Westpac was not entitled to require a worker to return to the office (for two days a week) after she moved 80 km away from her workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Based on her discussions with corporate clients, Bridget told the AFR that the decision had raised real concern among employers.
“This decision is attracting a lot of attention from employers because it may encourage more employees to agitate and generally take a more forthright position on these issues,” she said.
According to Fair Work Commission data, in the two years since the federal government introduced a right to challenge refusals of flexible work arrangements, including working from home, challenges have increased by almost 50%.
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