WRC dismisses Shauna Byrne’s maternity pay complaint against Keane Thompson Limited

The Workplace Relations Commission dismissed Shauna Byrne’s complaint about employer-funded maternity pay, finding that the cited Maternity Protection Act 1994 provisions did not cover the arrangement she alleged. The decision was dated 21 August 2026. Keane Thompson Limited argued that sections 30 and 31 do not provide for employer-funded maternity pay. The ruling did not decide whether Byrne was entitled to such pay; it said the complaint could not proceed under the legislation cited.