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It wouldn't be "fair and just" for an employer to face an employee's discrimination claim, after it had already paid him compensation for unfair dismissal, a tribunal has found.

The employee was seeking a "second bite at the cherry", NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Senior Member Deborah Dinnen said, but in any case she found his discrimination allegations were "lacking in substance".

The Cospak domestic purchasing officer was dismissed by way of redundancy in March 2024.

In August that year, the Fair Work Commission accepted the employer no longer required his job to be performed, but it found it had unfairly dismissed him because it hadn't met its consultation obligations...