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An employee wasn't exercising her workplace rights when she posted about her numerous grievances on LinkedIn, a commission has ruled.

And despite her belief that her employer's warning was the "harbinger" of future disciplinary action, there was no evidence her ongoing employment was in jeopardy, Queensland Industrial Relations Commissioner Sharron Caddie said.

The case involved a staff specialist in anaesthetics, who worked for Metro North, a division of Queensland Health.

In May this year, Metro North received a complaint about some of the employee's LinkedIn posts, from another staff member involved in legal matters prosecuted (or advocated) by the employee. That staff member said the posts breached confidentiality directions that were issued in 2022, and alleged the posts were causing them mental harm...