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Son of former ATO boss jailed for at least 10 years over tax fraud scam
ATO 2023-08-22 11:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

The son of former ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston has been jailed for a minimum 10 years for his leading role in a $105 million tax evasion scheme.

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Sacked top pilot settles case with Virgin over alleged CEO bullying
Employment 2023-08-22 11:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Virgin Australia has settled a lawsuit brought by its former chief pilot alleging the airline sacked him for complaining of bullying and harassment by its CEO.

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Chatime boss liable for underpayments despite ignorance of unlawful activity, court says
Dilan Mahendra 2023-08-16 9:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has found the managing director of teahouse franchise Chatime liable for the underpayment of staff, despite accepting that he believed the company’s wage system was not unlawful.

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Court strikes out pilot’s claims that Qantas workplace was ‘hostile to women’
Ashurst 2023-08-16 9:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas has succeeded in attacking claims that it created a workplace that was “hostile to women”, leveled in a former female pilot’s sex discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit.

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Best & Less to backpay workers $5.2M in agreement with FWO
Employment 2023-08-16 1:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Retailer Best & Less will back-pay staff over $5.2 million as part of an undertaking to the Fair Work Ombudsman, after an internal review found salaried managers were not paid enough to cover their entitlements.

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Clive Palmer can’t hide role as funder of discontinued class action against Telstra
Alexander Law 2023-08-15 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge who previously described as a “schemozzle” a law firm’s attempt to drop a class action over Telstra’s COVID-19 vaccine policy has refused a bid to keep secret Clive Palmer’s involvement as funder of the aborted litigation.

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Junior doctors win first underpayments class action
Class Actions 2023-08-11 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Junior doctors have notched an important victory in a class action alleging Peninsula Health failed to pay overtime hours, with a judge finding the healthcare provider liable to pay for overtime that was not expressly authorised.

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Former ACCC head to lead price-gouging inquiry
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-09 10:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former ACCC chair Allan Fels has been tapped to lead a union inquiry into price-gouging by Australian businesses as consumers continue to feel the sting from inflation.

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IAG employee not unfairly sacked after WFH activity tracked
Employment 2023-08-09 1:37 pm By Sam Matthews

The Fair Work Commission has found that insurer IAG did not unfairly dismiss a veteran employee after a company review of her at-home cyber activity revealed extensive periods of “no or minimal keyboard activity”.

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Resort not vicariously liable for actions of urinating employee, High Court says
Appeals 2023-08-02 10:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has found a Whitsundays resort is not vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who urinated on his roommate in staff accommodation after a night of drinking, finding the act had “no real connection” to his employment.

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