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A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against 'Underbelly' actor Damien Walshe-Howling alleging he sexually harassed an extra on the set of Channel Ten's 'Bikie Wars' when he grabbed the actress and forced his tongue into her mouth.
Qantas Airways has repaid more than $7 million in underpayments and will make an additional $2 million in 'apology' payments to workers after self-reporting to the Fair Work Ombudsman that it incorrectly calculated the salary of hundreds of staff.
The Full Federal Court has thrown out an appeal by a former special counsel of HWL Ebsworth, ruling the senior practitioner was reasonably fired for violating the firm's media policy in press interviews and not because of his political views.
A court has ordered the lead applicant in a $129 million underpayment class action against Merivale to fill gaps in his case, after the hospitality giant complained there was insufficient information as to how the employee's claims related to other workers.
BP has appealed a ruling from the Fair Work Commission that reinstated a worker who was fired for sharing a video clip which included subtitles placed over a scene from the movie Downfall about Adolf Hitler.
Qantas is facing a Fair Work Commission lawsuit by the Transport Workers' Union after the airline suspended an aircraft cleaner who raised concerns about coronavirus risks.
The Fair Work Commission has found that BHP's decision to fire a mine worker and self-professed 'larrikin' for a single crude joke was unjustified, but the employee's attempts to throw other staff "under the bus" during an internal investigation were valid reasons for the dismissal.
A former Norton Rose Fulbright partner who accused a Federal Court judge of bias has failed in his bid to have the judge recuse himself on the first day of trial in the long running termination dispute, which was heard in Melbourne this week.
A judge has found that a series of flyers, media statements and protests from the Transport Workers' Union raising concerns about truck driver safety were likely to mislead, but dismissed the German grocery store's lawsuit after finding the statements were not made in trade or commerce.
Litigation funder Augusta Ventures has had its appeal of a groundbreaking ruling that put it on the hook for security for costs in a Fair Work class action pushed back by three months after a delayed case management hearing, with a Federal Court judge telling the parties they were to blame.