Two colleagues discussing redundancy documents in an office, representing redundancy pay and alternative employment considerations.

Can Redundancy Pay Be Reduced? What “Other Acceptable Employment” Really Means Under Section 120

Most employers know that a genuine redundancy triggers redundancy pay. Far fewer know that the Fair Work Commission can reduce that payment — sometimes to nothing — where the employer has obtained other acceptable employment for the employee.  And far fewer still appreciate the sting in the test: whether the alternative employment is “acceptable” is judged objectively. It does

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