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It simply isn't possible for any workplace process to meet the needs of every neurodivergent person, no matter how much care and thought goes into its design, a commission has noted in response to an aggrieved employee's claim.

Individual employees therefore have to "exercise agency" in requesting support and adjustments where necessary, Queensland Industrial Relations Commissioner Samantha Pidgeon said.

The case involved a Queensland Health nuclear medicine technologist, who worked in the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service. She unsuccessfully applied for a promotion earlier this year, and subsequently appealed the employer's decision.

The employer's interview process placed "systemic barriers against neurodivergent people", she argued...