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A manager experienced "obvious frustrations" with an employee who was frequently absent, but a commission has rejected that he discriminated against her due to her caring responsibilities.

The Queensland Police Service intelligence support officer claimed her manager treated her less favourably because of her relationship and parental status, family responsibilities, and association with persons with disability, and that the employer was vicariously liable for his discrimination.

The State Industrial Relations Commission heard the employee was a single mother of two children with disabilities, and that the employer agreed to her working one day per week to accommodate her caring responsibilities and specialist appointments. She stopped working for the employer in December 2017...