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An HR business partner, who was chosen for redundancy because she was "a little bit emotional when dealing with conflict" and not confident in her English-speaking skills, has lost her unfair dismissal claim.

The Hisense Australia HRBP claimed she was "targeted" for redundancy after becoming a new mother and taking parental leave, but the employer raised a jurisdictional objection, arguing her role was genuinely redundant due to a change in its operational requirements.

The Fair Work Commission heard the HRBP returned from parental leave in December last year, when she said she experienced a "notable shift in attitude" from the employer's operations director.

About a month after her return, she said, the operations director proposed transitioning her from full-time to casual employment, offering her one-to-two days of work per week, and threatened redundancy if she declined...