Ten has resolved a case by former journalist Tegan George that alleged the network’s Canberra bureau had a culture that was âsexually hostile, demeaning and oppressiveâ.
Bubble tea chain Chatime Australia and its managing director have been fined $132,480 for underpaying employees in its Melbourne and Sydney stores by more than $160,000.
Consulting giant Accenture has failed to keep a human resources executiveâs claims of Fair Work breaches out of the public eye, with a court finding prior publication of the allegations would render a suppression order pointless.
A former human resources executive at Accenture is pushing back against an application by the consulting giant to suppress her employment case pending mediation, saying the cat is already out of the bag.
Former Ten journalist Tegan George has reached a settlement in a case claiming she suffered PTSD on the job, but will continue her separate lawsuit against the TV network for alleged sex discrimination.
Accenture has succeeded in a bid to keep a lid on court documents in a Fair Work claim by a former human resources executive ahead of mediation — the second recent suppression order of its kind made by the Federal Court.
A court has imposed an interim injunction on a former Samsung Electronics business manager, restraining him from taking a similar role with rival Electrolux until a case alleging breach of post-employment restraints is heard.
A judge has refused to allow a female pilot to bring claims that Qantas engaged in sex discrimination because it had a culture that was âhostile to womenâ, saying that while the ‘vibe’ of a claim might suffice in the court of public opinion, it could not survive in a court of record.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has been sued by an employee who alleges the accounting firm is vicariously liable for an alleged sexual assault by a co-worker after an end-of-financial-year work party.
PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory has lost its bid to temporarily bar a former partner from working at Downer EDI after a judge found the firm had reasonable prospects of success in its case but had inexplicably delayed bringing the proceedings.