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High Court tosses bid to stop lawsuit by CFMMEU ‘front man’
Employment 2021-04-07 4:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

The High Court has tossed an appeal by the Victorian International Container Terminal which sought summary dismissal of a legal challenge to an enterprise agreement entered into with the blessing of the Maritime Union of Australia in 2016.

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Judge slams year-long delay in $80M case against CFMEU over robo-terminal blockade
Employment 2021-01-29 1:29 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

A judge has hit a Port Melbourne container terminal with costs for wasting time in a $80 million lawsuit against the CFMEU over picketing at the world’s first fully automated container terminal, finding the company’s explanations for the delay, including that COVID-19 had slowed it down, were “inconsistent” and “odd”.

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TechnologyOne appeals $5.2M judgment in unfair dismissal case
Employment 2020-10-29 12:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australian software company TechnologyOne has appealed a ruling ordering it to pay $5.2 million to a former high-earning executive for allegedly terminating him for making complaints about workplace bullying.

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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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Israel Folau settles dispute with Rugby Australia over dismissalĀ 
Employment 2019-12-04 10:07 pm By

Former Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has settled his lawsuit against Rugby Australia and NSW Rugby alleging his $5.7 million contract was unfairly terminated over homophobic social media posts.

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Israel Folau ups damages claim against Rugby Australia to $14M
Adam Hochroth 2019-11-27 9:12 pm By Miklos Bolza

Former Wallabies player Israel Folau, who was sacked over homophobic social media posts, has increased the damages he is seeking in his unfair dismissal case against Rugby Australia, calling for $14 million in compensation as “Australia’s best player”.

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Israel Folau offered to apologise for homophobic rant, Rugby Australia tells court
Employment 2019-09-25 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Wallabies star Israel Folau offered to make a public apology for a homophobic social media slur that got him fired, a court has been told.

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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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Israel Folau claims termination of rugby contract was restraint of trade
Employment 2019-08-29 9:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

Former Wallabies player Israel Folau has argued that the termination of his $5.7 million contract by a Rugby Australia Tribunal over social media posts in which he made a homphobic slur was an unreasonable restraint of trade.

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Workers win landmark personal leave challenge against Cadbury maker Mondelez
Employment 2019-08-21 10:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In a majority ruling that will have significant ramifications for how companies calculate employees’ personal leave days, the Full Federal Court has found that the method used by food manufacturer Mondelez in granting the entitlement for its Tasmanian shift workers left them worse off than under the Fair Work Act.

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