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The Fair Work Commission has upheld the principle of "management prerogative" in finding that it was reasonable for an employer to reject an internal applicant for a role.

Oceania Glass has an enterprise agreement with the AWU, which provides that when vacancies arise they are advertised first internally, and then externally if no suitable internal candidates are found.

In the present case, the AWU brought a dispute before the FWC after a panel failed to select one of its members, despite the fact there were only four shortlisted applicants for six vacant positions...