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An HR manager who claimed to have "elevated" experience and the ability to "model proper workplace behaviours" had options other than quitting when she was upset by inappropriate workplace comments, the Fair Work Commission has found.

And although the HR manager wasn't accountable for the comments, she had shared personal information she wasn't required to that "opened the door" to discussion of her circumstances, Commissioner Paula Spencer found.

In her general protections dismissal application, the HR manager for disability services provider Hands On People claimed she was subjected to adverse action, and then forced to quit in September last year, because she had exercised workplace rights. The employer objected to the claim on the basis she had resigned.

Specifically, the HR manager alleged she had been the subject of adverse action after she: raised compliance and governance concerns; lodged a workers' compensation claim; and took personal leave, among other things...