00:0039-year-old Leith Dawes started at WorkSafe ACT as an inspector in March last year.
00:09In court documents he claims he was repeatedly bullied and harassed, including one instance
00:14when he says a colleague intentionally drove away from him on a construction site before
00:19laughing at him.
00:21Mr Dawes raised the issues in May last year in an email to senior WorkSafe personnel,
00:27including the Work Health and Safety Commissioner Jacqueline Aegis.
00:30Several days later he received a probationary report recommending his employment be terminated
00:36for reasons Mr Dawes says he hadn't previously been made aware of.
00:40He was officially sacked more than two months later.
00:43The court documents also reveal Mr Dawes experienced a psychological breakdown after the review
00:49and was hospitalised for three weeks.
00:52The Commissioner's Office has argued Mr Dawes was sacked for serious misconduct and that
00:57it warned him numerous times about how he interacted with other staff.
01:02It's also rejected the claim his experiences amount to workplace bullying and said it had
01:08no evidence to confirm he had a psychological breakdown.
01:12The case is set to go to mediation later this month.
01:15If that fails, it could be headed to the Federal Circuit Court for a hearing.
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