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An employer's failure to suspend a manager "at any time" during a 10-month investigation into aggressive conduct allegations has undermined its decision to dismiss him.

Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service sacked the service and data manager in October 2021, after finding he had breached its code of conduct during the Golden Gala Awards in December the year before, when he failed to treat a colleague and a member of the public with courtesy and respect.

According to the employer, the manager: approached the colleague, who was sitting at a table, and while about 30cm from her face he said in a "forceful" manner, "I know you know who I am" and "you think you know the whole story"; failed to leave when she repeatedly asked him to...