TechnologyOne executive chairman Adrian Di Marco was "deceptive and self-serving" and stood "with the bullies rather than the bullied" in his treatment of a former senior manager, a Federal Court judge has said as part of a record $5.2 million unfair dismissal finding against the company.
Behnam Roohizadegan, a former Victorian manager for the listed software firm, was awarded the record damages payout on Friday after Justice Duncan Kerr found he was unfairly dismissed in 2016 after complaining about being bullied at work.
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