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An employer has failed to prove that it sacked an employee over "threatening" and "offensive" internal communications, with a court finding her complaints about executives "sealed [her] fate".

The Wisr Finance business development manager claimed she was dismissed in July 2019 because she had made numerous workplace complaints.

These complaints occurred after she heard via a colleague that the COO wanted to "punch [the employee] in the face", prompting an incident report to the CEO.

In a subsequent meeting, the employee also raised other workplace concerns, including communication issues between herself and senior managers, understaffing, performance targets, and the CFO giving her phone number to a third party, resulting in an unwelcome and inappropriate text. She also repeatedly stated that she felt uncomfortable and unsafe at work...