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Agency ordered to pay maximum compensation for unfair dismissal

A recruitment company has failed to prove an employee's trial period didn't count towards her tenure, or that her redundancy was genuine, with the Fair Work Commission ordering it to pay her maximum compensation for unfair dismissal.

In October last year, Talent Konnects (trading as Talentko) informed all mobilisation officers, including the employee, that it was making their roles redundant due to operational changes, and said it would speak to everyone individually about alternative positions.

The employee, however, was told there was no available position for her, and she packed up her things and left work.

In claiming unfair dismissal, she told the Commission the redundancies came as a shock, and she was upset and confused as to why she wasn't offered redeployment to a resourcer role, as others had been...