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An employer's "repetitive verbal feedback" was not enough to warn an "insensitive" employee her job was at risk, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding her compensation for unfair dismissal.

Commissioner Bernie Riordan found the redress officer for the Northern Territory Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation had personality traits "that some people may find distressing or disturbing", including a "propensity to talk over people" she didn't agree with, and that this made her seem "arrogant and rude".

But she wasn't "insensitive to the cultural requirements of her role", he found.

In unfair dismissal proceedings, the Commission heard the employer received multiple complaints in 2023 from clients and staff members about the employee's conduct...