She asked for two days from home. The university said no. She got one anyway
A student advisor asked Victoria University for two work-from-home days a week. She got one - by order.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered Victoria University to let a full-time student advisor work from home one day a week, after finding the university could lawfully refuse her original two-day request - but stepping in with a compromise anyway.
The worker, based at the university's busiest campus, had been quietly managing her own flexibility for more than a year. She had been taking one day of long service leave every week - usually Wednesdays - but that entitlement was about to run out.
On June 27, 2025, she formally requested a hybrid arrangement: two days working from home each week. Her grounds were straightforward. She was over 55, commuting was increasingly tiring, and several of her duties - phone appointments, email enquiries, processing extension requests - could be done remotely.
The request cited section 65 of the Fair Work Act 2009, which gives employees in certain circumstances - including workers aged 55 and over - the right to request flexible working arrangements.
The university's initial response, on July 17, 2025, did not address the request directly. Instead, it asked for medical evidence and proposed a Rostered Day Off cycle as an alternative. The worker did not think medical proof was required to show that commuting fatigue was age-related.
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