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A manager whose role was made redundant just hours after he allegedly told his employer he planned to apply for unpaid parental leave has lost his adverse action claim.

Federal Circuit Court Judge Doug Humphreys rejected that the manager was dismissed in a "sham redundancy", finding the employer was downsizing due to "financial strain" caused by the pandemic.

The Servcorp Administration sales director made a general protections application, arguing he was retrenched because he had exercised a workplace right. He also claimed the employer had failed to give him written notice of his dismissal...