Western Union manager could not have known no-show employee had mental illness, Full Court says
Appeals 2019-10-24 5:21 pm Sydney
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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