Unfair Dismissals: Reasonable Redeployment Opportunities

A recent Fair Work Commission decision has highlighted the importance of considering all relevant and reasonable redeployment options when making an employee redundant.

In the matter of Tyndale v Freerange Future Pty Ltd, the employer was found to have unfairly dismissed an employee, where they had failed to consider relevant redeployment options when making Ms Sonia Tyndale's role redundant. This failure led to an order for Freerange Future to pay their former employee Ms Tyndale $15,384.40 in compensation for her unfair dismissal.

Background

Ms Tyndale was employed as an Account Manager for Freerange Future, a creative marketing agency, and was dismissed on 31 January 2025 for the reason of redundancy. At the time of Ms Tyndale's dismissal, Freerange Future was facing significant financial losses and Ms Tyndale's dismissal was part of a restructure to cut costs.