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An employer has failed to overturn a decision that found it took a "blanket approach" to considering a manager's request to work entirely from home, with a court concluding it had breached its own flexible work policy.

The manager, who worked in the corporate services division of Queensland Health, made a flexible working arrangement request in March 2021, to work from home every day of the week.

The employer partly approved his request, saying he had to physically attend the workplace 50% of the time (two days one week and three days the other week).

He subsequently appealed this decision to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission...