Common use of Main Roads Clause in Contracts

Main Roads. (a) must give reasonable consideration to an Employee’s request to work on a modified basis, particularly where the request relates to an Employee’s caring responsibilities or phasing into retirement; (b) may only refuse an Employee’s request to work on a modified basis if there are grounds to refuse relating to the adverse effect that agreeing to the request would have on the conduct of operations or business of Main Roads and those grounds would satisfy a reasonable person; and (c) has the onus for demonstrating that there are grounds to refuse the Employee’s request that would satisfy a reasonable person.