Laine Chait was fired from her role as client care consultant at Newcastle-based Church of Ubuntu, which also runs a wellness clinic selling medicinal hemp products, after receiving the Covid jab in 2021.

Ms Chait, who has built her career as an author, comedian and patient advocate in the wellness industry, had decided to get the vaccine to travel to visit her mother despite initial hesitation.

She also didn’t want to risk catching the virus due to her epilepsy.

Now, after a case that has spanned two and a half years, the Fair Work Commission has ruled her termination was unfair and has awarded damages of $8000 against the Church of Ubuntu, the ABC reports.

The Church of Ubuntu argued the Covid vaccine went against its “constitution and founding moral and ethical principles”.

However, the commission found the church did not make its policy clear prior to the dismissal, labelling its stance “inherently unreasonable”, according to the ABC.

In a post on Facebook this week, Ms Chait said she was glad the “2.5 year-long head f*** unfair dismissal case” had come to an end.

“This is purely my story of how a church who claimed to be pro choice made me feel like I was the enemy. It wasn’t my blood you wanted. It was the government’s,” she wrote in the post.

“No personal responsibility. No sorry. Just roadblock after roadblock to maintain their constitution of, dare I say, hypocrisy.”

Ms Chait said she holds “no grudges” over the incident and thanked her solicitor Mark Swivel for having her back.

“I’m glad it’s over energetically. This for me wasn’t a case about winning or losing. There are no winners with divisive behaviours and philosophies. This was a chance for me to have my back.

“Own your actions, be brave enough to stand accountable to your actions face up. Not hiding behind people, religion, philosophies or bulls**,” she concluded the post.

Speaking to the ABC, Mr Swivel said there was a lack of clarity over the church’s stance on the vaccine.

“The employer had never made it clear that vaccination was an issue in terms of the policies of the organisation,” he told the publication. “There was just a simple decision, and her employment ended.”

Ms Chait previously told news.com.au she was first notified of her termination via a voice message from church president Barry Futter which was posted in a company-wide Facebook, informing all colleagues of her vaccination status.

She then requested an official letter of dismissal as proof, which she received in October 2021, but said she had not personally spoken with Mr Futter regarding the termination.

“I felt like they were … hiding behind (the church’s) constitution and structure. They haven’t treated me with any dignity and respect at all,” Ms Chait said.

“Everything has been via email, text and voice file, even when I reached out and said, ‘talk to me’. I feel like an animal because of the choice I was coerced into by the government.”

The letter of dismissal, seen by news.com.au, described the state government’s vaccination stance as “enforced medical apartheid” and stated that no members are permitted to receive the jab.

Ms Chait was offered two weeks’ pay and was told the church would help her find employment with an affiliated company which sold the same products, an offer she rejected.

“Why would I still want to make you money when you don’t want my expertise and when you are judging me on something I did that I felt coerced into anyway?” she said.

Ms Chait said she felt as if the church had used her as a scapegoat and accused the organisation of “hypocrisy”, given the church still accepted vaccinated customers while rejecting vaccinated employees.

“This has turned my life upside down emotionally as well as financially. I want to send a message to (the church) that actions always have consequences, especially when those actions are unjust and unfair.”

News.com.au has contacted the Church of Ubuntu for comment.

In a previous statement to news.com.au in 2021, a church spokesman said Ms Chait was welcome to take legal action and criticised the NSW state government over its “medical apartheid”.

“Ms Chait can of course seek legal remedy if she wishes as in the alternative can the thousands and thousands of doctors, nurses, solicitors, healthcare workers and many other qualified professionals who have all had their jobs negatively impacted by choosing to NOT get the COVID-19 inoculation.

“We do not support the NSW state government’s medical apartheid and we view it as unconstitutional and undemocratic and it is contrary to our Church Constitution … and a significant threat to this country maintaining its position as a representative democracy.”