Employment

A former waitress who worked at one of Melbourne’s most well-known French bistros has been awarded more than $150,000 in damages after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found she suffered “grievous” sexual harassment at the hands of a colleague, who fled the country before the hearing. 

Food and beverage manufacturer Freedom Foods will call its CEO and ex-group chairman to the stand in a case filed by the firm's former group general counsel, who has dropped her lawyer and is now self-represented.

Australian businesses have been urged to double check that their casual work contracts reflect a "true casual engagement" and ensure workers are properly classified following a landmark High Court ruling on casual worker classification.

The law firm that's running seven class actions challenging the 'casualisation' of mine workers says the cases still have a way forward despite suffering a "disappointing setback" from the High Court's finding that a Glencore mine worker was a casual employee because he worked on an "assignment-to-assignment" basis.

Australia Post has agreed to pay former CEO Christine Holgate $1 million after the company's board ordered her to stand down last year for spending $20,000 on Cartier watches for employees.

The High Court has found casual employees who work regular shifts are not entitled to paid annual, personal and compassionate leave under the Fair Work Act, putting the fate of seven class actions by casual miners in question.

Financial services giant Willis Towers Watson ordered a former executive to lie to clients on his way out of the organisation and imposed an "unreasonable" two-year employment restraint, a NSW Supreme Court has found.

Melbourne hospital operator Western Health has been hit with a class action on behalf of junior doctors across six hospitals in Victoria who allege they were denied pay for overtime hours, the third underpayments class action filed by doctors in the state.

An ABC feature reporter who was hit with an $18,000 pay cut and who allegedly developed a medical condition from being "overworked" is suing the national broadcaster for discrimination and breaches of employment law.

A group of Uber drivers have brought legal action in the Federal Court to challenge the rideshare giant's claim that they are independent contractors.