The old adage that courts are swayed not by the “weather of the day” but by the prevailing “climate of the era” has manifested in a landmark case against one of Australia’s biggest banks that throws common sense return-to-office policies out the window.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered Westpac to grant mortgage team employee Karlene Chandler’s request to work remotely after she moved house to live closer to a private school for her children, which flouts Westpac’s generous two-day-a-week return to office policy.
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