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There was no evidence to support an employee's allegations of "unresolved psychosocial hazards", and in any case these didn't justify his unauthorised absences from work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

The Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water sacked the assistant director in June last year, based on his "unacceptably high level of unauthorised absences".

He claimed unfair dismissal, arguing he was sacked in the face of an unacceptable and unaddressed workplace safety risk.

Further, he submitted, the termination process was unfair as the employer denied him an opportunity to respond to its concerns, failed to assess the risks associated with his return to the office, and disregarded its duty to provide him with a psychologically safe workplace...