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Hurdles ahead for manager appealing $250k WSH order
A manager ordered to pay more than $250k for breaching s-xual harassment and victimisation laws is appealing both the compensation award and the primary findings that he subjected an employee to "nightmare" conduct.
The case involves a former employee of Mountain Bliss restaurant, who claimed her manager breached Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Act by subjecting her to sexual harassment and discrimination.
In September this year, Queensland Industrial Relations Commissioner Daniel Pratt accepted that the manager: on multiple occasions at the restaurant, forcefully hugged the employee, grabbed her breasts and bottom, and threatened to "ruin" her and her husband's lives if she told anyone...
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