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Ex-Freedom Foods GC files lawsuit claiming she ‘had no choice but to resign’
Andrew Gotting 2020-11-09 3:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

The former company secretary and group general counsel of Freedom Foods has filed an unfair dismissal lawsuit accusing the food and beverage company of sidelining her in her role and making decisions that put her at risk of an ASIC investigation.

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Qantas engineers appeal COVID-19 stand down win for airline
Coronavirus 2020-11-06 2:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Aircraft engineers for Qantas are challenging a ruling that the airline had no “genuine choice” when it stood them down in March during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Slater & Gordon settles suit by lawyer who complained about funding referral scheme
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2020-11-05 2:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Slater & Gordon has settled a lawsuit brought by a former senior solicitor alleging he was fired after making complaints about the law firm’s arrangement with a third-party funder for personal injury clients.

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ANZ looks to shut down rate-rigging whistleblower’s lawsuit
ANZ 2020-11-03 10:31 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

ANZ is gunning for a lawsuit alleging it dismissed a former director of trading after he complained about rate-rigging to be thrown out before trial.

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National Library to back pay staff $250,000 in agreement with FWO
Australian Government Solicitor 2020-11-02 12:36 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Australia’s largest library has entered into a “stringent” enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying more than 100 employees to the tune of $250,000 in wages and super.

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Findex can’t enforce ‘convoluted’ restraint clauses against advisor who poached clients, court says
Accounting 2020-10-30 10:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

Accounting firm Findex has lost an appeal of a court’s judgment tossing its case against a former financial advisor, despite the court finding he had poached the company’s clients and caused $742,000 in losses.

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ACCC appeals loss in Employsure case over Google ads, keywords
ACCC 2020-10-29 5:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC has lodged an appeal after a judge threw out its case against Employsure alleging the specialist workplace relations consultancy duped small businesses into signing long-term contracts via several Google ads that promised free workplace advice which appeared to be government-affiliated.

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$1.9M settlement is best it’s going to get, says law firm behind Appco class action
Adero Law 2020-10-29 2:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Facing an uphill battle to win approval for a $1.9 million settlement in a sham contracting class action against fundraiser Appco Group, a lawyer for the case has told a court there is no money left to pursue.

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TechnologyOne appeals $5.2M judgment in unfair dismissal case
Employment 2020-10-29 12:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australian software company TechnologyOne has appealed a ruling ordering it to pay $5.2 million to a former high-earning executive for allegedly terminating him for making complaints about workplace bullying.

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Drakes Supermarkets hit with $20M underpayments class action
Adero Law 2020-10-28 4:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Drakes Supermarkets is facing a class action alleging it failed to pay staff at its Foodland and Drakes stores for time worked in excess of rostered hours, the latest on a growing list of supermarket chains to be stung by an underpayments class action.

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