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It was "implausible" that a manager would plead guilty to a criminal charge if the allegations underpinning it weren't true, a commission has commented, in accepting he also breached workplace harassment laws.

The employee who made the allegations, on the other hand, was a credible witness whose accounts were consistent with the available documentary evidence, Queensland Industrial Relations Commissioner Jacqueline Power found.

That employee was a games dealer at The Star Entertainment Group's casino, who alleged in an anti-discrimination complaint that between September 2020 and March 2021, the manager: said words to the effect of, "I didn't mind you came to training in a singlet because I got to see your tits"; pinched and touched her arm on multiple occasions; and touched her forehead if she frowned, saying, "Don't do that. You'll look ugly if you do that".

She also claimed that at a colleague's birthday party in early March 2021, which was held out of work hours, the manager: told her that her "arse" and "tits" looked good; grabbed her on the buttocks on two occasions, stating he could "do whatever he wanted" because they weren't at work...