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Employees' expectations around flexibility and hybrid working are creating "some interesting issues" in redundancy-related disputes, an employment lawyer says.

The topic is coming up in disagreements about redeployment obligations and what constitutes acceptable alternative employment, King & Wood Mallesons' senior consultant Brett Feltham tells a new HR Daily Premium webcast.

In one recent case, an employee argued a redeployment offer wasn't acceptable because it was fully remote, and he didn't want to work exclusively from home.

In another, an employer argued its offer of alternative employment meant it shouldn't have to make a redundancy payment...