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A warehouse worker sacked for allegedly masturbating at work has lost a legal challenge in which he claimed he was being discriminated against because he was actually scratching a rash in his pubic area.
Daniel Whipps was caught on CCTV at work at the Battery Store Australia s Townsville warehouse in October 2018 with his shorts pulled down to his thigh, holding a mobile phone in his right hand and reaching down his pants with his left.
A Queensland industrial commissioner dismissed the claim.
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An industrial commissioner found that, while Mr Whipps previously had a rash, he had not proved he had it when he was fired.