A Melbourne woman who claimed she was only made redundant after complaining of sexual harassment has had her unfair dismissal appeal rejected.
Kate Shea, who worked for EnergyAustralia as a corporate and government affairs director from 2007 until 2012, made a complaint of sexual harassment after a work function in Hong Kong in 2010.
She made four extra complaints about her employer's handling of the case before a company restructure in 2012 made her position redundant.
In two earlier court cases, Ms Shea claimed she had been unfairly dismissed for exercising her right to complain.
But the Full Court of the Federal Court of Appeal on Monday backed the decisions of two earlier judgments.
The court said Ms Shea had failed to demonstrate that the earlier judges had been incorrect in determining none of her complaints were a substantial and operative factor of EnergyAustralia's decision to make her position redundant.
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