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An employer had reasonable business grounds for refusing an employee's flexible working request, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless ordered it to allow her to work from home for one day per week, on a six-month trial basis.

This was the arrangement originally proposed by the employer, after concluding it couldn't provide the two working-from-home days per week the employee sought.

The employee is a full-time student advisor at Victoria University, however for more than 12 months she has been working four days a week, using her accrued long-service leave to take Wednesdays off.

In June 2025, approaching the expiration of these entitlements, she requested a flexible working arrangement on the basis of her age (over 55), seeking to work two days per week from home...