A Melbourne-based clerking service has denied that it fired a clerk because she asked to work from home to manage her disability and was absent from work due to COVID-19 complications.
The CFMMEU and two of its officials have been hit with the maximum penalty for allegedly breaching right of entry rules and calling a safety advisor “disgusting homophobic slurs” at a worksite on the $5.4 billion Queensland Cross River Rail project.
Investment firm Curve Securities is suing competitor Ord Minnett and a former associate director, alleging the defecting adviser solicited its clients and misused confidential information.
A former Greenwoods & Freehills partner will argue he is entitled to whistleblower protection in his lawsuit against the tax advisory firm and Lendlease, alleging he was forced to leave after refusing to put his name to a tax return and making protected disclosures.
2XU has reached an in-principle settlement with its former head of human resources, who alleged she was fired for investigating complaints that the sportswear brand’s CEO bullied female employees and brought illicit drugs to a work function.
In the wake of a landmark judgment that held class actions are not managed investment schemes, engineering giant UGL has given up its case against two unions that sought to block them from funding an underpayments class action.
A judge has approved a $20 million settlement in a sham contracting class action accusing telco contractor BSA Limited of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.
The federal government wants to shut down an underpayments class action brought on behalf of postgraduate research candidates at universities across Australia, but the Federal Court has reluctantly agreed to first entertain the self-represented applicant’s bid to strike out the strike-out application.
A judge has found four drivers working with transport company Avert Logistics are independent contractors despite the business supplying vehicles for them.
A court has ordered a consultant at Kahlbetzer family investment vehicle Twynam Investments to pay a $30,000 judgment for allegedly breaching confidentiality obligations in her contract.