The job he should have been moved into was filled weeks later
A worker who lost his job in what his employer called a redundancy has been awarded more than $71,000 in compensation - because the role he should have moved into was filled just weeks after he left.
The Fair Work Commission handed down the compensation order on October 14, 2026, after finding earlier this year that NRR Services Pty Ltd failed to make a genuine redundancy when it terminated the worker in November 2025.
The core issue was simple. An operator position opened up at the company shortly after the worker was let go. The Commission found he should have been redeployed into it.
Instead, he spent more than six months without work.
When he eventually landed a new role, it was casual labouring - at roughly $1,800 a week less than his previous earnings. Before the termination, his ordinary weekly pay sat at $2,730.77.
The worker asked for 26 weeks' pay, totalling $78,555, based on his average earnings over the prior 26 weeks. But the Commission calculated the figure differently.
Because no evidence was put forward about the pay rate or overtime attached to the operator role he should have filled, the Commission used his ordinary weekly earnings as the baseline - leaving out the regular overtime he had clocked in his old job.
Then came the twist. An administrator - BRI Ferrier - was appointed to NRR Services on May 26, 2026. All known employees of the group were terminated on that date. The Commission found...
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