A senior home loan adviser at National Australia Bank has failed to secure workers' compensation for a claim of distress at being demoted.Hashem Azary, in a claim before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, asserted that in early 2012, his manager "subjected him to increasing pressure to meet unrealistic targets, and bullied and intimidated him until, in April 2012, he was given an ultimatum: to accept a lower level position, or be subjected to extended 'micro-management' with the threat of termination if his results did not improve."Azary has not worked since that meeting and has been under the care of a psychiatrist for much of the time. He claimed compensation under the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act for "acute anxiety attacks and depression".The bank responded that the manager's actions did not contribute to Azary's claimed psychiatric condition and that, even if he did suffer anxiety and distress, "it was the result, in whole or in part, of reasonable administrative action taken in a reasonable manner in respect of his employment."Jill Toohey, the tribunal member, ruled that "any psychological condition he suffered was not a compensable injury for the purposes of the Act."