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An employee who won $20k for unfair dismissal has tried to argue his compensation should have been higher, and that his employer should have been penalised for "lying and exaggerating" in its evidence.

The employee had already achieved a "successful outcome" and there was no reason to disturb it, the Fair Work Commission full bench said.

In unfair dismissal proceedings last year, Deputy President Nicholas Lake heard that D&T Hydraulics and Engineering Pty Ltd sacked the mechanical engineer for two reasons, alleging he had:

• caused a serious and imminent risk to the health and safety of coworkers, who "felt unsafe" due to the employee's aggressiveness in a meeting; and
• refused to carry out a lawful and reasonable instruction, namely to move his desk to sit with the rest of his team...