Sacked for fighting crime, Wendy 'The Enforcer' wins bottle-o job back
A Tasmanian bottle shop worker who earned the nickname The Enforcer after she used a roller door to deter would-be thieves was sacked by her employer, BWS. But now, Wendy is back in business.
Wendy Blair, a Tasmanian bottle shop worker dubbed "The Enforcer," has reclaimed her job after being fired for employing a creative method to deter armed robbers. Between June 2025 and January 2026, Blair worked at a BWS outlet in Prospect Vale that was targeted by more than a dozen robberies. In July 2025, she attempted to snatch an offender's bag during a robbery, and in September of the same year, she used the roller door to bar the entry of masked offenders.
Both incidents led to her termination, which the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has now deemed unjust. The FWC ordered Blair to return to work and receive backpay. The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDA) praised the ruling and called for the Tasmanian government to expedite workplace protection legislation. The FWC's Commissioner, Ben Redford, highlighted the surge in theft-related incidents at the store and Blair's attempt to use the roller door to deter offenders, which was contrary to BWS staff policy.
Despite this, Redford concluded that Blair's actions were not a repeated pattern and that she should not have been fired. The union and Blair herself welcomed the decision, urging the government to act swiftly on legislation to better protect workers from store robberies and violent crime.
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