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An employee whose attitude and conduct "crossed a line" after his colleague's workplace treatment has failed to prove he was unfairly sacked.

In January this year, PumpEng accused the group technical support employee of breaching its code of conduct, policies and procedures when he:

• threatened a manager by saying he would "go after" him;
• said he'd "throw the full force" of his family against the managing director;
• told a colleague he'd go to Perth to beat up the general manager; and
• regularly consumed alcohol on site.

At a show-cause meeting the employee denied the allegations, but noted in relation to the last one that he'd been given permission to store personal items in the demountable...