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Ord Minnett challenges ruling on wealth advisor’s wage entitlements
Financial Services 2024-06-28 1:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Stockbroking firm Ord Minnett has challenged a judgment that found it must pay years of wages and other entitlements to a wealth adviser who was only remunerated by commission payments, a decision that could have major repercussions through the industry.

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Ord Minnett loses wealth adviser’s case over wage entitlements
Employment 2024-06-13 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Ord Minnett must pay years of wages and other entitlements to a wealth adviser who was only remunerated by commission payments, after a judge found he was covered by the finance industry award, in a decision that could reverberate throughout the industry. 

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Appeal fails in case accusing pharma CEO of assaulting staff with syringe
Employment 2021-05-12 4:30 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former CEO of a global pharmaceutical company has lost his appeal of a ruling throwing out a lawsuit he brought against his former employer after he was terminated in the wake of accusations that he harassed staff and using a syringe to stab multiple employees.

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Macquarie appeals $330,000 penalty for ‘defective and deficient’ adviser pay system
Financial Services 2021-02-09 6:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Macquarie Bank is challenging a ruling that it pay $330,000 in pecuniary penalties after it was found to have underpaid a group of former financial advisers because of a “defective and deficient” payment system.

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Macquarie’s ‘defective’ payment system should have rung alarm bells, judge says
Employment 2021-01-14 5:33 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Macquarie Bank has been ordered to fork out $330,000 to dozens of former advisers for a “defective and deficient” system which saw the bank fail to pay a raft of employment entitlements.

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Macquarie Bank on the hook for paying advisers leave entitlements
Employment 2020-10-02 10:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Macquarie Bank financial advisers who claimed their commission pay structure left them shortchanged have won their case for back pay for annual and personal leave, in the first decision in a group of cases against the wealth manager.

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