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A senior employee should have known that his occasional rudeness might impact a colleague, but his behaviour didn't rise to the level of bullying, a court has ruled in awarding him $368k for wrongful dismissal.

In May 2022, I-Med Central Queensland sacked the senior radiologist without notice, after an investigation substantiated allegations he had bullied a colleague over the past two years and sexually harassed another staff member at the 2021 work Christmas party.

The employee subsequently sought damages for wrongful termination, denying any of the alleged behaviour amounted to serious misconduct and claiming the employer breached his contract in summarily dismissing him...