Day: Wednesday 28th May 2025
Time: 7:45am for an 8:00am start until 9:30am 
Venue: Brisbane Club, Suite 3/241 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000
There is a key legal difference between a request to return to the “office” and a right to request a flexible working arrangement, which also includes work from home. This legal issue is imperative for all HR and P&C teams to get their head around as Roy Morgan survey statistics show:
• 80% of workers would like to work from home
• 60% of workers would like hybrid work
• 49% of workers would agree to hybrid work
Which raises questions around?
• Could an employer dismiss an employee if they lacked commitment and did not turn up to mandatory in office days?
• What about a remote working employee who failed to tell their employer that in fact they actually live overseas and not Australia?
• How about an employee who refused a return to office mandate?
We now have recent Fair Work Commission case law which can provide practical tips for HR to implement now.
