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An employer had a valid reason to dismiss an employee who failed to follow its lawful and reasonable directions to work in its office spaces, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Strata Management Group sacked the employee in March this year after it found she had failed to attend its Sunshine Coast serviced office space for more than two weeks.

In unfair dismissal proceedings, Commissioner Chris Simpson heard the employer had rented the workspace specifically for the employee, who lived in Noosa...