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Ashurst admits to underpaying staff
Adero Law 2020-01-20 5:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

Ashurst has become the latest law firm to be ensnared in the underpayments scandal affecting Australian businesses, with the firm admitting to underpaying a number of staff covered under the legal services award.

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Law firm slams Merivale’s ‘meaningless’ concerns about $129M underpayments class action
Adero Law 2020-01-07 9:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

Canberra-based plaintiffs law firm Adero Law has hit back at claims by hospitality giant Merivale that their 3,000 employees would not benefit from a Fair Work class action seeking $129 million in allegedly unpaid wages, saying the concerns were “meaningless”.

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Class wins access to Appco insurance docs in sham contracting case
Adero Law 2019-12-19 10:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Appco has agreed to hand over insurance policy documents to the lead applicant in a $90 million sham contracting class action, amid concerns about the dire financial state of the fundraising company as the matter moves towards mediation.

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Appco ‘running out of money’, class action judge hears as fight over insurance docs looms
Adero Law 2019-12-17 6:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fundraising company Appco has told a judge overseeing a $90 million sham contracting class action it is “running out of money” and wants to mediate the dispute as soon as possible.

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On The Run faces potential wage underpayments class action
Adero Law 2019-12-10 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Petrol station convenience store chain On The Run is facing a possible class action over allegations that it has underpaid employees at over 145 stores throughout South Australia.

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Class action says Woolworths owes $620M in underpayments
Adero Law 2019-12-02 11:47 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Woolworths is facing a class action alleging it underpaid workers to the tune of $620 million, more than double what the supermarket giant estimated when it disclosed the underpayments scandal last month.

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Funder appeals ruling over security in Fair Work class actions
Adero Law 2019-11-12 10:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Litigation funder Augusta Ventures has brought its promised appeal of a groundbreaking ruling that put it on the hook for paying security for costs in an employment class action over the classification of casual mine workers.

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Staffing company faces $45M worker misclassification class action
Adero Law 2019-11-05 10:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A unit of staffing company Programmed has become the latest target of a litigation blitz over casual workers, with the company facing a $45 million class action for allegedly failing to pay workers accrued annual leave and other entitlements.

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‘A point of high principle’: Funder argues it shouldn’t face costs for failed Airservices class action
Adam Hochroth 2019-10-29 9:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

The litigation funder that backed a now dismissed class action against aviation service provider Airservices has argued funders should not face costs orders in Fair Work class actions, with a judge saying the debate raised “a point of high principle”.

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Funder to appeal landmark ruling on security in Fair Work class actions
Adero Law 2019-10-28 4:51 pm By Miklos Bolza

A litigation funder is planning to challenge a landmark Federal Court ruling that found for the first time that funders can be ordered to pay security for costs in Fair Work class actions.

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