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Muslim leader wins reinstatement after sacking over harassment complaint
Employment 2024-09-17 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A Muslim leader has won his bid for interim reinstatement as CEO of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils after being sacked over a harassment complaint.

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‘Shameful’: Qantas fined $250K for standing down health and safety rep during COVID-19
Employment 2024-03-06 10:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Qantas has been hit with a $250,000 fine for standing down a health and safety representative who directed co-workers to cease unsafe work during COVID-19, with a judge saying the airline’s conduct was “shameful” and designed to “advance its own commercial interests”.

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Lawyer’s belief about paralegal underpayments ‘unreasonable’, judge finds
Employment 2024-02-28 5:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney law firm and its principal have been fined $14,400 for disobeying a Fair Work Ombudsman compliance notice issued for the alleged underpayment of a paralegal, with a judge saying the lawyer’s belief she did not owe any wages was “unreasoned and unreasonable”. 

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Mere mention of Viagra doesn’t equal harassment, court finds
Employment 2023-09-05 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that the mere mention of the drug Viagra in the workplace does not constitute sexual harassment, in a lawsuit brought against retail chain Bing Lee.

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Macquarie advisers stripped of $330,000 win as 5-year-old case sent back
Financial Services 2023-02-17 4:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Dozens of Macquarie advisers who previously won a $330,000 payday against the bank have been ordered back to court for a rehearing of their long-running case over employment entitlements.

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Sydney Flames wins fast-tracked hearing in Shane Heal’s adverse action suit
Employment 2023-02-15 4:28 pm By Sam Matthews

The Sydney Flames has secured an expedited hearing in a Fair Work case filed by basketball great and former head coach Shane Heal.

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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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Judge dismisses Macquarie bid for ‘irrelevant’ tax docs in underpayments suit
Financial Services 2020-09-17 2:39 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Three former Macquarie Bank financial advisors who claim the bank underpaid them have successfully appealed a decision ordering them to hand over personal tax assessments, with an appeals court finding that the most the bank could make of the documents was to “inflict a degree of embarrassment” on its ex-employees.

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