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The Fair Work Commission has refused to reduce a senior employee's $40k redundancy entitlement, finding the role her employer argued was 'other acceptable employment' wasn't in fact vacant at the time.

Deputy President Ian Masson also found the employer hadn't formalised its purported offer, nor warned that failing to accept it might put the payout at risk.

The case involved the former COO of alternative therapies telehealth company Easykind, which had grown from servicing about 800 patients in 2023, when she joined, to more than 30,000 at the end of 2025.

Discussions about restructuring the COO's role started in early 2025, as part of the company's international expansion plans...