The Fair Work Commission ("FWC") has
ruled that a direction to employees during COVID-19 to complete a
travel survey was a reasonable and lawful direction. An application
for unfair dismissal was dismissed when a recruitment consultant,
refused to provide his employer with details about recent and
future planned overseas travel, claiming the survey questions were
in breach of privacy laws.
Background
The Applicant was employed by One Key Resources (the
"Employer") in March 2019. One Key Resources is a
subsidiary of Fircroft Group – Asia Pacific
("Fircroft") a company which operates in six countries in
the Asia Pacific Region. Fircroft has a staff of 3,200 employees
and a number of them are required to travel for business purposes.
The employees in the Brisbane office work closely together and
consultants regularly met with job seekers and clients.
