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A manager's dismissal for poor performance was "unnecessarily abrupt", the Fair Work Commission has found, particularly as he was led to believe he was "on track" to meet his PIP objectives.

The Reserve Bank of Australia sacked the manager of governance, procurement and finance in October last year for his "sustained, unsatisfactory performance", and he subsequently claimed unfair dismissal.

The Commission heard the manager, who had worked for the employer since 2009, received an "overwhelmingly positive" performance review for the 2021 financial year, with a supervisor considering his performance was "exceptional in an environment made difficult due to resourcing and stakeholder challenges"...