In a historic case, women got the right to work from home every day.

A retail bank employee in Australia has been given the right to work from home At all times by the workplace tribunal of the country.

Fair Work Commission, whose decision on the case is being closely monitored AustraliaThe ruling ruled in favor of Carlene Chandler, who challenged her employer, Westpac, which required her to work from the corporate office two days a week.

Chandler works part-time in Westpac’s mortgage business and has been with the bank for 23 years.

The ruling said Westpac had allowed Chandler to work remotely, but this was overturned earlier this year.

A Westpac spokesperson said the bank was considering the Commission’s decision, and added that its office policies were designed to “ensure meaningful collaboration within teams while providing the flexibility to work from home”.

Australia’s financial sector is often moving towards bringing employees back into the office, but change has been slower at retail banks, where hybrid working is popular.

Employees of investment banks generally come into the office more frequently than their retail banking counterparts.

Chandler argued that she lived outside Sydney and it would take approximately two hours to travel to the Westpac corporate office.

The commission’s decision said Chandler was told by a Westpac manager that “working from home is not a substitute for child care”. The commission said Westpac had no reasonable grounds to refuse Chandler’s remote working request.

The Commission may allow appeal of its decisions.

Reuters was unable to contact Chandler through the lawyer who represented him at the Fair Work Commission.