Employment and Labor Law

Contact: Lara Radik, Senior Associate; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia)

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has recently upheld the termination of a Qantas employee who was found to have booked discount airfares in breach of Qantas policy for friends, family, acquaintances and colleagues. The termination process was truncated because the employee had accepted a redundancy package and would have received a significant severance payment had she remained in employment for a further period of four days. In the circumstances, the FWC held that the dismissal was not harsh, unjust or unreasonable.

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