Employers could face jail time for underpaying staff under measures unveiled by the Morrison Government Thursday that also include extending the accessorial liability provisions of the Fair Work Act.
An appeals court has dashed the hopes of three group members of a resolved class action over managed investment schemes operated by agribusiness Great Southern Group who sought more time to appeal approval of the settlement deed, which put them on the hook for repaying their loans to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.
A judge who hit Pitcher Partners with a $5.6 million damages ruling over an accounting error concealed from corporate client Neville’s Bus Service was wrong to hold that the transport operator’s losses flowing from the error were real, the firm has argued.
A former Qantas flight attendant who was sacked after getting drunk on peach martinis at a bar while off duty in Manhattan has lost an appeal of a finding that the airline had valid reasons for dismissing him.
Mylan has renewed calls for a temporary injunction against Sun Pharma pending an appeal of a ruling invalidating its patents for Lipidil, and has sued a second generic drug maker, Cipla, over the cholesterol-lowering medication.
The former chief of staff to ex-NAB boss Andrew Thorburn has been arrested and charged for her alleged role in a $40 million fraud against the bank.
The Australian Building and Construction Commission has been served another costs order after losing a case it brought against a pair of CFMMEU officials who visited a construction site at Melbourne Airport to have a cup of tea with a worker.
The Australian Competititon and Consumer Commission is investigating the proposed $231 million acquisition of Origin Energy’s Ironbark gas project in Queensland to Australia Pacific LNG.
Her Fashion Box has been hit with a $329,133 fine for underpaying three workers, including a graphic designer who worked as an unpaid intern for the fashion start-up for six months.
The ABC has reached a settlement with ousted managing director Michelle Guthrie in her suit accusing the national broadcaster of unfairly sacking her.