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An employee has failed to prove she was forced to quit because her employer didn't address her bullying complaints or allow her to work from home "for her safety".

The credit applications administrator alleged that Investa Management forced her to resign in September last year, and she filed a general protections application involving dismissal, but the employer raised a jurisdictional objection claiming the employee voluntarily quit.

The employee claimed that the employer had failed to properly address her complaints that other workers: spoke negatively about her within her earshot; filmed her without consent; laughed at her; withheld critical information about her employment; prevented her from applying from internal positions; and sent out a company-wide email about personal hygiene, which she felt targeted her...