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Despite initially offering voluntary redundancy as an option, an employer wasn't required to pay out a worker when it had acceptable redeployment alternatives available, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Deputy President Nicholas Lake noted that employees are "not owed a redundancy if there are workable redeployment options, even if these options are not preferred".

"Acceptable alternate employment does not mean acceptable to the employee in the sense that they get exactly what they want. It is assessed on an objective basis," he added.