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Role changes were "reasonable give and take" in employment relationship
Changes to a manager's work arrangements amounted to "reasonable give and take" in the employment relationship, and didn't force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Commissioner Leigh Johns rejected that Western Health forced the learning team manager to resign by imposing "unfair restrictions" on him following a long period of personal leave.
Rather, the manager's resignation was "unequivocally his own voluntary action", he found.
The manager resigned in October last year. He claimed he had no other option, after the employer: refused his flexible work requests; forced him to take unpaid leave; and failed to allow him to return to his substantive role...
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