'Targeted campaign of terror' | Employee strapped to a crane at work Christmas party sues boss

An employee at a window manufacturing firm has sued his former manager for $60,000 (£31,447) after being hung up, upside-down, on a crane and poked at a Christmas work party.

Steve Yousif, the owner of window manufacturing company Jaden Commercial Windows, has been ordered to pay the fine after a court decided his actions caused distress to, and threatened the safety of, his former employee, Ilyas Elkharraz.

The situation that unfolded at the Melbourne-based company’s 2020 Christmas party was recorded on an attendee’s phone and shared on social media.

The video showed Elkharraz upside-down, strung-up on a crane from the ceiling of a warehouse. Yousif, the employee’s manager, is then seen slapping and poking Elkharraz after taping his legs to the crane.