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An employee's perception of an "offensive and hostile" workplace, and of managers' attempts to fix it, caused her psychological injury, a commission has ruled.

The Department of Communities and Justice sheriff officer was employed at the Wollongong Court House from 2003 until August 2019, at which point she stopped working due to a chronic adjustment disorder.

The employer initially accepted her workers' compensation claim, but when she applied for lump sum compensation based on a 22% whole person impairment, it denied total liability...