Western Union manager could not have known no-show employee had mental illness, Full Court says

Appeals 2019-10-24 5:21 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

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International money transfer giant Western Union has successfully appealed a $160,000 judgment in an employment discrimination case, with the Full Federal Court finding the firm’s HR manager could not have known the employee, who was absent from work for seven months prior to the dismissal, actually suffered from a mental disability.

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