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The "sheer number" of bullying and discrimination allegations against an employee should not have persuaded her employer they were true, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Bulla Mushrooms summarily dismissed the harvest team leader in June, following allegations that she had bullied and discriminated against numerous employees over the previous two years.

Deputy President Alan Colman heard that when it stood the employee down with pay pending an investigation, the employer provided her with eight allegations, most of which were alleged to have occurred in 2022 and 2023...