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Being unable to locate an employee's contract didn't mean an employer had breached the Fair Work Act or Regulations, the Federal Court has ruled in upholding an employer's appeal.

This finding also meant the employer hadn't breached its obligation to make a copy of an 'employee record' available to an employee who requested it.

Home appliance manufacturer Hisense Australia was appealing a decision from July 2025, in which Federal Circuit Court Judge Catherine Symons found it took unlawful adverse action against an employee.

As HR Daily reported at the time, the Judge found the employer's HR manager took a "retaliatory approach" to the employee, who was "becoming a nuisance" to management "through his persistent efforts to obtain information and documentation that his status as employee entitled him to"...