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A broken-down romantic relationship between two workers didn't undermine the credibility of complaints made by one against the other, a commission has found.

Both this relationship and the close friendship between corroborating witnesses were "carefully considered" among other evidence when substantiating the allegations, Queensland Industrial Relations Commissioner Samantha Pidgeon said.

In July this year, Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service asked a radiographer to show cause as to why he shouldn't be dismissed, after the executive director of people and culture found he had behaved inappropriately towards two colleagues.

Specifically, she found the employee had: breached the employer's code of conduct when he approached the first colleague while she was alone in an x-ray room, and challenged her decision to report a safety incident he was involved in; and engaged in misconduct when he verbally abused a second colleague...