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A performance improvement plan gave an employee "ample" opportunity to demonstrate better workplace communication, but she "missed it by a mile", a commission has ruled in upholding her dismissal.

Western Australian Industrial Relations Senior Commissioner Rachel Cosentino found the employee failed to change her correspondence with her manager, which was passive-aggressive, disrespectful and hurtful.

The Town of Port Hedland sacked the graduate community safety officer for poor performance in August last year.

She subsequently claimed the termination was unfair, as her performance was "at all times satisfactory"; in fact, she had been "thriving" up until her new manager started in January 2024...