He fought his bonus rating in detailed emails but said he was too unwell to seek a review
A former Commonwealth Bank employee blew his review deadline by 711 days. The tribunal backed the bank's refusal to reopen his stress claim.
In a decision dated September 22, 2026, the Administrative Review Tribunal upheld the bank's decision not to reconsider its rejection of his psychological injury claim. He said he had been too unwell to act in time. The tribunal pointed to his doctors' notes - and to detailed emails he wrote about his bonus in the same period.
The worker joined the bank in 2009. According to his statement, his workplace stress began in October 2021, around the time a proposed group vaccination policy was circulated. He was uncomfortable getting vaccinated and told his manager so a number of times.
His team had grown fast. He said a role he started in March 2018 began with five staff and quickly expanded to 40, at one point 60. In April or May 2022, the numbers were cut from 40 to 19, which he thought was not enough for the workload.
That May, he was given a "direction to comply" on vaccination. He relented and had the jab. After that, he said, the policy was scrapped.
On October 1, 2022, according to his statement, he realised he "could not take it anymore". He stopped work around that time.
He lodged a workers' compensation claim on February 26, 2023, for an adjustment disorder with anxious...
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