The High Court has taken up the appeal of a Whitsundays resort that was ordered to pay $430,738 to an employee whose roommate in staff accommodation urinated on him after a night of drinking.
IT company Cisco has been hit with a suit by an account manager who alleges she faced sexual harassment and discrimination at the hands of a veteran employee whose behaviour was “well known” to senior management.
The only female partner at global technology research firm Information Services Group has sued her employer for alleged sex discrimination and harassment, saying the company is a “hostile environment” for senior women employees.
ClubsNSW has lost a bid to keep its contempt of court case against whistleblower Troy Stolz and YouTuber Jordan Shanks secret, with a judge finding “the interests of open justice are paramount”.
Wilsons Advisory and Stockbroking has dodged a claim by rival Elston Private Wealth over a veteran employee who jumped ship with confidential information.
The protective scope of whistleblower laws will be tested in a $13 million suit brought by a former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner allegedly sacked for complaining about the tax avoidance strategy of construction giant Lendlease, the advisory firm’s biggest client.
Bannister Law principal Charles Bannister has been hit with a lawsuit by a former office manager who alleges she was made to work while on leave following a workplace injury.
The entity that employs the workforce of the On The Run convenience store chain has agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle a class action accusing it of underpaying over 8,000 workers over a six-year period.
A judge has approved a $6.4 million settlement in a class action on behalf of Papua New Guinea workers against labour hire firm CoreStaff, despite the agreement allotting less than half the proceeds to group members.
A judge has blasted Domino’s for its obstructionism in an underpayments class action and promised to order the pizza franchise giant to hand over information on its stores to facilitate settlement.