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Sydney trader sacked for working from Singapore without permission wins unfair dismissal case
Employee had also been in Bali when he told his manager he was working from home, Fair Work Commission hears
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A Sydney currency trader who was sacked for working from Singapore without approval has won an unfair dismissal case, but failed to be awarded compensation.
The Fair Work Commission ruled on Wednesday that Charles Graham had been unfairly dismissed by HIFX Australia, trading as Xe, in December last year.
Graham was sacked after his manager asked an IT worker to use his “FBI skills” and track the IP address on Graham’s laptop.
He asked to WFH to get a plumber over. Actually, he was in Bali
A foreign exchange dealer who was caught secretly working from South-East Asia while telling his boss he was working from home has won his unfair dismissal case but failed to garner any compensation.
Global currency company Xe sacked Charles Graham for serious misconduct after tracking his laptop to an Ibis Hotel in Singapore, which followed an earlier incident where Graham claimed he was working from home so a plumber could fix the toilet when he was really in Bali.
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HIFX dealer unfairly dismissed after laptop traced to a Singapore hotel, but no compensation ordered
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The Fair Work Commission found HIFX Australia unfairly dismissed a foreign exchange dealer who worked from Singapore without approval. There was a valid reason, but the process was procedurally unfair, and the gap between lost pay and notice already paid came to one cent.
A foreign exchange dealer logged on to his work laptop from a hotel in Singapore at 9am on Monday 17 November 2025, his first morning back from annual leave. By 9.45am his employer’s IT team had executed a PowerShell command on the laptop and returned its GPS coordinates.
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