WRC dismisses worker’s complaint over handling of workplace grievance

The WRC dismissed a health care worker’s industrial relations complaint after finding she had not exhausted her employer’s grievance procedures before resigning. The decision was dated 17 October 2022. The worker said the employer failed to investigate her workplace complaint adequately. The WRC found the employer’s initial delay was unacceptable, but also found the worker’s contribution to the delay was significant. It concluded that she rejected the option of pursuing her complaint through the employer’s grievance process and could not obtain a remedy under the Industrial Relations Act.