A Melbourne man has lost his bid to work from home full-time after taking his fight to the Fair Work Commission. “It is essential that he is present in the office to contribute to knowledge-sharing and team cohesion.” Camera Icon Jonathan Robinson asked for a permanent work from home arrangement in September 2024 but was rejected. He further found there was no “capriciousness or arbitrariness” about a policy that mandated two days per week in the office. “There remains vast tracts of the workforce – largely blue-collar work – for whom the option to work from home for any period is an impossibility,” he said.