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S-xual harassment allegations against an employee were part of an employer's "pre-meditated" plan to remove him from its business "in the most efficient way", the Fair Work Commission has found.

Commissioner Paula Spencer stressed that the finding didn't indicate that the FWC would "in any way dismiss sexual harassment", and shouldn't deter people from making complaints.

Rather, this decision involved an employer that was "annoyed" about an employee's stop-bullying application, and subsequently asked female staff members to answer "targeted" questions about his workplace conduct.

In February this year, Choc Dee Thai Restaurant sacked the head chef for sexually harassing six of its eight female staff members...