Employer reversed a verbal childcare deal mid-holidays, the Commission weighs in
A worker resigned after her employer reversed a verbal school holiday childcare deal. Was she forced out?
Tameeka Ebsworth joined Great Community Transport Incorporated (GCT) on 1 July 2025 after transferring from Active Care Network/Peppercorn. She was a single parent on the intake and assessment team. Ebsworth said her previous employer allowed her to bring children to work in school holidays, and her GCT manager, Amanda Kant, approved the same for July 2025 without incident.
When the September-October holidays came around, they disagreed. Ebsworth said Kant approved the arrangement on 24 September 2025. Kant said no such request or approval occurred.
From 29 September 2025, Ebsworth brought her five-year-old son to work, including to meetings. Kant and at least one co-worker had concerns about disruptions but rather than raising them with Ebsworth, Kant called her manager, Glenn Robinson, who was offsite. They agreed "this needed to be clarified with Ms Ebsworth."
On 1 October 2025, Ebsworth emailed Kant and Robinson. She said she lacked training on NDIS and home care clients, felt communication was "quite harsh," was held to full-time expectations despite part-time hours, and that one colleague spoke to her in a discouraging way.
The next morning, Kant emailed Robinson separately, describing the child's presence as disruptive and noting team concerns about a child present during...
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