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Mere mention of Viagra doesn’t equal harassment, court finds
Bilal Rauf 2023-09-05 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that the mere mention of the drug Viagra in the workplace does not constitute sexual harassment, in a lawsuit brought against retail chain Bing Lee.

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Macquarie advisers stripped of $330,000 win as 5-year-old case sent back
Arthur Moses 2023-02-17 4:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Dozens of Macquarie advisers who previously won a $330,000 payday against the bank have been ordered back to court for a rehearing of their long-running case over employment entitlements.

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Sydney Flames wins fast-tracked hearing in Shane Heal’s adverse action suit
Bilal Rauf 2023-02-15 4:28 pm By Sam Matthews

The Sydney Flames has secured an expedited hearing in a Fair Work case filed by basketball great and former head coach Shane Heal.

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Macquarie appeals $330,000 penalty for ‘defective and deficient’ adviser pay system
Anthony Britt 2021-02-09 6:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Macquarie Bank is challenging a ruling that it pay $330,000 in pecuniary penalties after it was found to have underpaid a group of former financial advisers because of a “defective and deficient” payment system.

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Macquarie’s ‘defective’ payment system should have rung alarm bells, judge says
Anthony Britt 2021-01-14 5:33 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Macquarie Bank has been ordered to fork out $330,000 to dozens of former advisers for a “defective and deficient” system which saw the bank fail to pay a raft of employment entitlements.

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Macquarie Bank on the hook for paying advisers leave entitlements
Anthony Britt 2020-10-02 10:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Macquarie Bank financial advisers who claimed their commission pay structure left them shortchanged have won their case for back pay for annual and personal leave, in the first decision in a group of cases against the wealth manager.

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Judge dismisses Macquarie bid for ‘irrelevant’ tax docs in underpayments suit
Arthur Moses 2020-09-17 2:39 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Three former Macquarie Bank financial advisors who claim the bank underpaid them have successfully appealed a decision ordering them to hand over personal tax assessments, with an appeals court finding that the most the bank could make of the documents was to “inflict a degree of embarrassment” on its ex-employees.

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FWC ‘misconstrued’ general protections authority, Full Court says in win for Coles
Andrew Crowe 2020-09-14 6:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

A landmark judgment by the Full Federal Court has found that a full bench of the Fair Work Commission “misconstrued” its own authority to make general protections findings about the dismissal of employees.

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Slater and Gordon takes injury lawyer to court over client poaching claims
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2020-08-31 10:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Slater and Gordon has brought proceedings against a sacked principal lawyer who led the firm’s largest practice in its Penrith, NSW office, seeking injunctions to prevent her from poaching clients allegedly worth over $1.3 million in billing revenue.

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Ex-Macquarie advisers want to broaden $2.6M unpaid wages case
Bilal Rauf 2019-09-25 4:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

Fifteen former Macquarie Bank financial advisers are looking to expand their $2.6 million wages case against the bank, seeking evidence around allegedly unreasonable and unlawful deductions from their commissions.

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