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The "shaming and belittling language" an employee used at work was unjustified, regardless of his beliefs about appropriate attire and conduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

And the employer's concerns about the employee's future conduct were "well-founded", Commissioner Damian Sloan said, in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.

The maths tutor for Maths Words not Squiggles was summarily dismissed in November last year for misconduct, following an exchange with a 14-year-old student.

In unfair dismissal proceedings, the employee claimed the female student entered his room during a tutoring session, and began "caressing" a textbook and moving it in and out of the bookshelf...