The Fair Work Ombudsman has dropped its contempt of court case against the owner of a Cairns tour company after an appeals court set aside the tour operator’s conviction and panned the sentencing judge for his “egregious” conduct.
A judge who this month faced strong criticism from an appeals court for his “egregious” conduct in a case, has stepped down from senior administrative roles on the Federal Circuit Court and will receive mentoring, the court confirmed Monday.
The Full Federal Court has ordered a retrial in a landmark Fair Work Ombudsman case that saw the owner of a Cairns tour company sentenced to 12 months’ jail, criticizing the sentencing judge for being “sarcastic, disparaging and dismissive” of the tour operator’s evidence.
James Cook University unlawfully dismissed a professor who spoke out against the school and one of its scientists over its climate change views, a judge found Tuesday.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is suing a sushi operator in a case which will, for the first time, utilise laws that put the onus of proof on employers to disprove underpayment allegations.