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Deloitte can’t shield retirement talk docs in $3.8M age discrimination suit
Accounting 2021-04-27 1:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Deloitte has failed to set aside a request for documents recording talks with partners about retirement after they turned 62, in a closely watched age discrimination lawsuit challenging the accounting firm’s mandatory retirement policy.

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Deloitte wants to keep lid on retirement talks in $3.8M age discrimination lawsuit
Accounting 2021-04-07 5:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Deloitte is seeking to set aside a subpoena for documents recording chats with partners about retirement after they turned 62, in a closely watched age discrimination lawsuit challenging the accounting firm’s mandatory retirement policy.

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Billionaire Brett Blundy defeats lawsuit by Honey Birdette co-founder
Bruce Wacker 2021-04-06 8:34 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A former director of provocative lingerie retailer Honey Birdette has lost a lawsuit against billionaire retail entrepreneur Brett Blundy seeking damages after a relationship breakdown saw her bought out of the firm.

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Injunction granted in branch stacking case against Labor MP
Cornwalls 2021-03-19 4:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Victorian Labor MP Marlene Kairouz has won an injunction temporarily blocking the Labor Party from bringing branch stacking charges against her.

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Partner in age discrimination suit says Deloitte acting like he’s out the door
Accounting 2021-03-01 6:28 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A partner who hit Deloitte with a $3.8 million age discrimination lawsuit says the accounting giant has been treating him as an “inactive partner” who is on the verge of retiring, including by failing to conduct a performance assessment for the 2021 financial year.

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Young Rich Lister’s company hit with trade mark lawsuit
Holding Redlich 2021-02-26 5:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A company run by an AFR Young Rich Lister has been taken to court for allegedly infringing an Indigenous-owned entrepreneurship coaching company’s trade mark. 

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Labor party slammed for ‘draconian’ laws in Victorian MP’s branch stacking case
Cornwalls 2021-02-17 6:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Victorian Labor MP accused of branch stacking has attacked the charges against her as invalid, telling the Victoria Supreme Court that they were brought under “shocking” and “draconian” party rules implemented in the wake of a controversial report on Nine’s 60 Minutes.

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Deloitte admits it has ‘expectation’ partners will retire at 62
Accounting 2021-02-09 9:10 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Accounting giant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has admitted in a Federal Court defence that it expects its partners to retire at the age of 62, but it says there is no obligation for partners to depart the firm at that age.

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RMIT says law professor plunged $21K of research funds into sake, baby formula retirement scheme
Education 2021-02-05 1:54 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

RMIT has bit back at a $2.9 million lawsuit by an indigenous law professor who claims the university fired him for complaining about “racially and sexually discriminatory remarks” allegedly made by one of the university’s senior officials, saying he plunged $21,000 of RMIT’s funds into research for a potential private global sake and baby formula venture.

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RMIT faces $2.9M suit by law professor who complained about race, sexuality discrimination
Education 2021-01-18 3:54 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

RMIT has been hit with a $2.9 million lawsuit by an Indigenous law professor who claims he was fired for complaining about “racially and sexually discriminatory remarks” allegedly made by one of the university’s senior officials.

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