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DRA Global can’t suppress ‘scandalous’ details from ex-CEO’s $9M lawsuit
Andrew Pollock 2023-05-22 5:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

DRA Global has failed to keep under wraps passages from its former CEO’s lawsuit which the engineering firm argued would cause “serious reputational and commercial harm” if published.

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Qantas engineers lose appeal over COVID-19 stand down orders
Appeals 2022-04-01 5:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Aircraft engineers for Qantas have lost a challenge to a ruling that the airline had no “genuine choice” when it stood them down in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Appeals court upholds minimal salary increases for public sector workers due to COVID-19
Chief Justice Tom Bathurst 2021-04-26 6:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NSW public sector employees have lost their bid for a 2.5 per cent salary increase, with an appeals court upholding a decision which found the economy would be better served by public spending on infrastructure investment than public service salaries.

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Hewlett-Packard loses appeal over sales commissions it capped ‘at whim’
Associate Justice Verity McWilliam 2021-02-19 5:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

IT giant Hewlett-Packard Australia has lost its appeal of a judgment requiring it to cough up $370,000 in unpaid commissions to a former sales executive after a court found the company was not entitled to retrospectively cap her incentive payments ‘at whim’.

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In victory for Mondelez, High Court reverses landmark personal leave ruling
Ai Group Workplace Lawyers 2020-08-13 2:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mondelez has won its High Court challenge to a ruling on the method to be used for calculating workers’ personal days.

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Hewlett-Packard could not cap commissions at ‘whim’, owes ex-sales rep $370,000, court says
Associate Justice Verity McWilliam 2020-02-04 7:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

IT giant Hewlett-Packard Australia has been ordered to pay over $370,000 in unpaid commissions to a former sales executive after a court found the company could not change its incentives “arbitrarily, capriciously or unreasonably”.

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National law firm slams ex-partner’s ‘sorry story’ for delays in bringing sex discrimination case
Bronwyn Byrnes 2019-09-19 10:11 pm By Amelia Birnie

A national Australian law firm has asked the Federal Court to throw out a sex discrimination claim filed against it by a former partner, on the grounds that no excuse had been provided for her delay in making a complaint other than “a fairly sorry story”.

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High Court asked to take up personal leave case after shift workers’ victory
Ai Group Workplace Lawyers 2019-09-16 9:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Government wants the High Court to weigh in on a landmark ruling last month that found food manufacturing giant Mondelez was short-changing its Tasmanian shift workers on their personal leave entitlements under the Fair Work Act.

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Workers win landmark personal leave challenge against Cadbury maker Mondelez
Ai Group Workplace Lawyers 2019-08-21 10:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In a majority ruling that will have significant ramifications for how companies calculate employees’ personal leave days, the Full Federal Court has found that the method used by food manufacturer Mondelez in granting the entitlement for its Tasmanian shift workers left them worse off than under the Fair Work Act.

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