FWC rules that David Jones unfairly dismissed a worker who’s role was made redundant because they did not redeploy her to its flagship Elizabeth Street store. The other three Applicants who also made claims for unfair dismissal were unsuccessful as it was found to not have been reasonable to redeploy them to other roles or other sites and their redundancies were therefore genuine within the meaning of section 389 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
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Read the full decision here:
https://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/decisionssigned/pdf/2024fwc1493.pdf
