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An employee's request for more working-from-home days was inconsistent with his employer's desire for knowledge sharing and team connection, the Fair Work Commission has accepted, in arbitrating a flexible work dispute.

The employer's priorities were reasonable business grounds for refusing the employee's request, despite his age and self-reported fatigue, Deputy President Kamal Farouque found.

The Commission heard that Macedon Ranges Shire Council allowed most full-time employees in its statutory planning team to work from home two days per week.

The planning and building liaison officer was already working from home three days per week, but late last year he requested a flexible working arrangement that would allow him to work from home four days a week, for three weeks of each month...