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An employer did not force a worker to resign when it gave him "false hope" that he would be next in line for training and career progression opportunities, the Fair Work Commission has found.

The employee resigned in August last year after his employer, BUMA Australia, rejected his application for a production digger operator role at its Blackwater mine in Queensland, due to alleged "poor attendance" and because he had been applying for external jobs.

The employee subsequently filed a general protections application involving dismissal, arguing he was coerced to resign; he also made bullying, harassment and discrimination complaints to the employer, as well as a WorkCover claim. But the employer objected to his general protections claim on the basis he voluntarily left his employment...