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It was fair to sack an employee who regarded a code of conduct as simply a "moralistic document" rather than a "directive of expected behaviour", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

GPC Asia Pacific sacked the Repco customer sales representative in July last year, after finding he'd breached its code and equal opportunity policy, and he claimed unfair dismissal.

The Commission heard that in late 2021 or early 2022, the employee said to a colleague, who was wearing a backless shirt and jeans, "I had to come and have a second look at the back of you". On another occasion, while the colleague was bending over, he said she needed to "lose weight so I can walk past you"...