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Sydney trader sacked for working from Singapore without permission wins unfair dismissal case

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Employee had also been in Bali when he told his manager he was working from home, Fair Work Commission hears

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Section: Australia news
By: Nino Bucci
Published: Oct 9, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC
Updated: Oct 9, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC

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Evidence before the commission included a Microsoft Teams message in which Graham told his manager he was working from home because of the plumbing issue, on a day he said he had actually been working from Bali.

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Fair Work Commission

Australian industrial relations tribunal

The Fair Work Commission (FWC), until 2013 known as Fair Work Australia (FWA), is the Australian industrial relations tribunal created by the Fair Work Act 2009 as part of the Rudd Government's reforms to industrial relations in Australia. Operations commenced on 1 July 2009. It is the successor of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, and also performs functions previously performed by the Workplace Authority and the Australian Fair Pay Commission.

Bali

Province in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Bali is an Indonesian island and province and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast. The provincial capital, Denpasar, is the most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second-largest, after Makassar, in Eastern Indonesia. The Denpasar metropolitan area is the extended metropolitan area around Denpasar. The upland town of Ubud in Greater Denpasar is considered as Bali's cultural centre.

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