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An employee was not forced to resign after making bullying and s-xual harassment complaints, the Fair Work Commission has found.

The employee resigned from Insurance Australia Group in May this year, after just four weeks of service, and subsequently made a general protections application involving dismissal.

She claimed that due to the employer offering her "limited options" after she reported instances of bullying and sexual harassment, she was forced to quit.

But the employer maintained that none of its conduct left the employee with only this option.

The Commission heard the employee had begun onboarding training in person in the Newcastle office, while all the other participants attended remotely from Sydney...