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An HR manager on probation has failed to prove she was constructively dismissed after her employer rejected her request for leave to give birth and deal with the "substantial challenges" that would follow.

The HR manager claimed accounting firm Roberts & Morrow took unlawful adverse action in sacking her because she was pregnant and/or by preventing her from accessing accrued leave.

The Federal Circuit Court heard the HR manager started with the employer in September 2021, subject to a six-month probation period. Two months later, she told her supervisor she was pregnant, and that her pregnancy was considered high-risk...