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Difficulties in ensuring an injured employee adhered to his return-to-work plan "could and should have been avoided", but this didn't give him no choice but to quit, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Deputy President Bernadette O'Neill accepted that the employee might have found it difficult to refuse duties that were outside the scope of his RTW plan, but she said ultimately, it was his choice to make.

The Iris Group Management casual employee resigned in April this year, and he subsequently made a general protections dismissal application.

He claimed his resignation was a result of the employer failing to properly manage his 'work duties' plan (WDP) following a workplace injury he suffered in September 2025...