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Rushing a sexual harassment investigation to meet a business deadline denied an employee procedural fairness, a Fair Work Commissioner has found, while accepting that his behaviour was "totally unacceptable" and the end result would have been the same.

"This rushed process was all because of the pending ownership transfer of the mine and because no one from the [employer's] HR team wanted to work over the Easter long weekend," said Commissioner Bernie Riordan.

"For the [employee's] termination to be rushed simply because of a public holiday is disappointing..."