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An HR business partner who was selected for retrenchment based on being the "weakest" performer on the team has been denied permission to appeal a finding that her termination was a case of genuine redundancy.

Earlier this year the Hisense Australia HRBP filed an unfair dismissal claim, arguing she was "targeted" for redundancy after becoming a new mother and taking parental leave.

The employer raised a jurisdictional objection, arguing her role was genuinely redundant due to a change in its operational requirements...