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A probationary employee who said he was going to be "the next Erin Brockovich" has failed to prove he was sacked for raising health and safety concerns, in the first such claim of its type.

The Western Power safety operations business partner claimed he'd been discriminated against for a prohibited reason, under section 112 of the Western Australian WHS Act, but the employer said this matter was "just a case about misconduct, about an employee who didn't follow the rules and got fired by his employer".

The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission heard that in January 2023, shortly after starting in his role, the employer asked the employee to investigate and report on an incident in which members of the public had received electric shocks...