Former Launceston museum natural sciences curator Lisa-ann Gershwin has vowed to fight her sacking.
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Launceston City Council general manager Robert Dobrzynski confirmed yesterday that Dr Gershwin had been dismissed just before Christmas.
He said that Dr Gershwin had been paid in lieu of notice to the amount of three months pay, believed to be about $15,500.
But Mr Dobrzynski declined to comment further on the matter that also prompted the sacking of museum director Patrick Filmer-Sankey in controversial circumstances late last year.
Mr Filmer-Sankey was replaced by new museum director Richard Mulvaney following national advertising of the position after he was dismissed before the end of his contract.
Mr Dobrzynski said at the time that an independent investigation had found that Mr Filmer-Sankey had failed to provide a safe workplace after allegations of bullying by staff.
He stressed that Mr Filmer-Sankey was not the person accused of bullying but he and the staff member at the heart of the allegations had misconduct complaints brought against them regarding the allegations.
Dr Gershwin was the staff member at the heart of the bullying allegations.
She said yesterday that she had made contact through her lawyer with both the Australian Human Rights Commissioner and the Fair Work Commission regarding her dismissal.
"I will fight like a dog to clear my name," she said.
Dr Gershwin said that most of the original charges against her had collapsed.
She said that she intended to stay in Launceston while she fought her dismissal but would then look for other work in her scientific speciality of jellyfish.
Mr Dobrzynski said that Dr Gershwin position as natural sciences curator would be refilled.
