The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an application by Jobs Minister Kelly O’Dwyer for review by the Full Federal Court of a decision approving an enterprise agreement covering Metropolitan Fire Brigade firefighters that she argues indirectly discriminates against female firefighters.
Private construction company Hutchinson Builders has brought legal action against the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, seeking to quash what it says is an invalid notice to produce documents to the regulator, which has vowed to bring cases against the construction industry this year.
A judge has told off the Fair Work Ombudsman for seeking penalties of up to $94,000 in a case alleging Norwegian shipping company Transpetrol underpaid seafarers more than $255,000 in wages, saying she “overreacted”.
Ultra Tune is challenging a court ruling that socked it with a $2.6 million penalty in a case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging it misled a prospective franchisee about the costs of buying an outlet in Parramatta, Sydney and tried to cover up its conduct with “manufactured” evidence.
Executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter could be looking at new Australian laws carrying jail terms if they don’t do more to stop the live streaming of violence on their social media platforms.
Electricity retailer Click Energy has been ordered to pay $900,000 in penalties for misleading consumers about discounts on their energy bills.
Aspiring MP Clive Palmer has filed his defence against a lawsuit by US record label Universal Music over his take on the 1980s rock anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’, saying he didn’t infringe any copyright on the song because it’s not original.
The Coalition government will inject a record $550 million in additional funding for the banking and corporate regulators to crack down on wrongdoing in the financial services industry in the wake of the Hayne royal commission.
A PappaRich franchise operator is facing legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying 154 workers at three of the Malaysian food chain’s outlets in Sydney.
Jewellery brand Pandora has admitted it misled customer about ther rights to get a refund on faulty items and may have breached consumer laws, the watchdog said Friday.