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By Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law | 3 Minutes Read February 19, 2013

Federal Court clarifies that the prohibited ground of “family status” includes “childcare obligations”

Do employers have to accommodate the "childcare responsibilities" of their employees to the point of undue hardship? The Federal Court has confirmed that in the federal jurisdiction the answer is yes subject to the requirement that the childcare responsibility be a "substantial parental obligation".

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