A PwC employee alleges the professional services giant breached workplaces laws by refusing to grant her personal leave when she was injured and unable to work within days of the firm deciding her role was redundant.

Jennifer Whittaker, who was made redundant in July, is suing the firm in the Federal Court alleging PwC refused her leave request and then withdrew its offer of a more lucrative redundancy package after she tried to exercise her workplace rights.