Lawful and reasonable directions at work: when can employers direct and when must employees comply?
The idea that an employee must follow their employer’s instructions isn’t new. It has been part of Australian workplace law for nearly a century, tracing back to English common law and early Australian cases. In R v Darling Island Stevedoring & Lighterage Co Ltd; Ex parte Halliday (1938) 60 CLR 601, the High Court confirmed that employees are bound to obey ‘lawful […]