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Legal community celebrates revived NSW industrial court
Courts 2024-07-09 3:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Members of the legal community in NSW are celebrating the revival of the stateā€™s 123-year old industrial court, the oldest tribunal of its kind in the world, with the new president saying it will be “unburdened” by numerous requirements found in federal legislation.

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Three barristers appointed to new Industrial Court in NSW
Employment 2024-04-22 12:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Two employment silks and a criminal barrister have been selected by the NSW government to serve on the state’s restored Industrial Court.

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DRA Global can’t suppress ā€˜scandalousā€™ details from ex-CEO’s $9M lawsuit
Employment 2023-05-22 5:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

DRA Global has failed to keep under wraps passages from its former CEO’s lawsuit which the engineering firm argued would cause ā€œserious reputational and commercial harmā€ if published.

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Qantas engineers lose appeal over COVID-19 stand down orders
COVID-19 2022-04-01 5:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Aircraft engineers for Qantas have lost a challenge to a ruling that the airline had no “genuine choice” when it stood them down in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Appeals court upholds minimal salary increases for public sector workers due to COVID-19
Employment 2021-04-26 6:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NSW public sector employees have lost their bid for a 2.5 per cent salary increase, with an appeals court upholding a decision which found the economy would be better served by public spending on infrastructure investment than public service salaries.

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Hewlett-Packard loses appeal over sales commissions it capped ‘at whim’
Employment 2021-02-19 5:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

IT giant Hewlett-Packard Australia has lost its appeal of a judgment requiring it to cough up $370,000 in unpaid commissions to a former sales executive after a court found the company was not entitled to retrospectively cap her incentive payments ‘at whim’.

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In victory for Mondelez, High Court reverses landmark personal leave ruling
Employment 2020-08-13 2:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mondelez has won its High Court challenge to a ruling on the method to be used for calculating workers’ personal days.

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Hewlett-Packard could not cap commissions at ‘whim’, owes ex-sales rep $370,000, court says
Employment 2020-02-04 7:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

IT giant Hewlett-Packard Australia has been ordered to pay over $370,000 in unpaid commissions to a former sales executive after a court found the company could not change its incentives “arbitrarily, capriciously or unreasonably”.

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National law firm slams ex-partner’s ‘sorry story’ for delays in bringing sex discrimination case
Employment 2019-09-19 10:11 pm By Amelia Birnie

A national Australian law firm has asked the Federal Court to throw out a sex discrimination claim filed against it by a former partner, on the grounds that no excuse had been provided for her delay in making a complaint other than ā€œa fairly sorry storyā€.

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High Court asked to take up personal leave case after shift workers’ victory
Employment 2019-09-16 9:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Government wants the High Court to weigh in on a landmark ruling last month that found food manufacturing giant Mondelez was short-changing its Tasmanian shift workers on their personal leave entitlements under the Fair Work Act.

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