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After being on restricted duties for nearly seven years, an employee who claimed she might be fit to perform her pre-injury role "at some time in the future" has lost her unfair dismissal claim.

NSW Industrial Relations Senior Commissioner Nichola Constant found the employer made "repeated and reasonable efforts" to accommodate the employee's medical restrictions, but these "changed frequently" and created an ongoing barrier to her return to work.

In 2017, the Department of Education teacher suffered a bullying-related injury while working at North Sydney's Cammeraygal High School.

Following some time off work, she briefly returned to full duties in 2018 before ultimately being certified unfit to work at the school...