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An employer viewed a leader's actions in a "sinister" light when they were "readily capable" of having an innocent explanation, the Federal Court has ruled in awarding him $130k for unlawful adverse action.

The Serco Citizen Services learning and development lead claimed the employer prohibited him from applying for internal positions for six months, and later sacked him, because he'd made complaints about his manager and the operations director.

But the employer denied disciplining or dismissing the L&D lead because he'd exercised his workplace rights; rather, it was because it had substantiated misconduct allegations against him...