HONG KONG— Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA 0.93% has fired a female employee who accused her then-supervisor of molestation and rape during a business trip earlier this year, according to the woman and her lawyer, refocusing attention on a sexual-assault case that sent ripples through China’s tech sector.

The woman, identified in public only by her surname Zhou, was sent a dismissal notice on Nov. 25 for allegedly spreading false information and damaging the company, according to a copy of the notice reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Ms. Zhou’s accusations in July triggered widespread debate about the prevalence of sexual misconduct in the workplace, prompting a pledge from Alibaba Chief Executive Daniel Zhang to work to change systemic cultural issues at the e-commerce giant. Several Chinese tech giants also instituted sexual-harassment policies.

The dismissal notice, which said Ms. Zhou’s firing was effective that day, describes itself as being issued by Alibaba e-commerce subsidiary Zhejiang TMall Technology Co. It said Ms. Zhou had violated the internal company code of conduct by spreading false information through fliers she distributed to co-workers, messages she posted on internal company messages boards and banners she unfurled in the cafeteria, “which aroused strong concern from society and damaged the company.”

The allegedly false information included saying she was raped by executives and that the company knew but didn’t do anything, according to the...

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