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Victoria Work From Home Eligibility Checker (delayed to July 2027)

Check if you can request work-from-home under Victoria's new right, what you need to include in your request, and the narrow grounds your employer can use to refuse.

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1. Are you employed in Victoria?

Your ordinary place of work must be in VIC.

2. Employment type

The proposed right is for employees. Independent contractors are excluded.

2b. Excluded categories

The bill as introduced excludes probation, apprentices, trainees, interns and graduate program participants.

3. Months of continuous service

The bill as introduced has no minimum service period (it excludes probation instead). We use this only to check the federal s65 right that applies today.

4. Can your job realistically be done from home — at least some of the time?

5. Have you formally requested WFH from this employer before?

6. What's the main reason for the request?

The proposed Victorian right doesn't depend on your reason. Some reasons (caring, disability) may also qualify you for the federal s65 flexible work request right that applies today.

7. Have you worked from home in this role before (even ad-hoc)?

8. Employer size

Smaller employers may find cost or impracticality grounds easier to establish.

Status of the law — REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE (updated 12 September 2026): on 10 September 2026 the Legislative Council voted 18–17 to refer the Equal Opportunity Amendment (Work from Home) Bill 2026 to a select committee that was due to report by 20 October 2026, with its second reading deferred until then. That date fell after the last scheduled sitting before the 28 November state election, so the bill is unlikely to pass this Parliament. The bill passed the Legislative Assembly on 30 July 2026 but is still not law — it has not passed both houses or received Royal Assent, and its final terms may change (the government's 10 September amendments would start it on 1 July 2027, or 1 January 2028 for workplaces under 15 staff). Read our analysis: is it legal, and does it have to pass the High Court?. The criteria in this checker follow the bill as introduced, and point to the federal Fair Work Act s.65 right where it may help you today. Note the bill excludes employees on probation, apprentices, trainees, interns and graduate program participants. We will update this tool at passage and again when regulations are finalised.

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