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Axed Lovisa worker wins FWC filing extension after solicitor’s mistake
Employment 2025-11-20 4:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Fair Work Commission has allowed a former Lovisa worker to file an unfair dismissal claim out of time, finding that an error by her lawyer constituted an exceptional circumstance.

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Sacked Canva software engineer drops coercion claim from Fair Work suit
Employment 2025-11-19 4:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Design tech giant Canva has succeeded in opposing a former software engineer’s claim of coercion in an employment suit over his sacking.

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Slater & Gordon asks court to toss former HR exec’s negligence case
Employment 2025-11-18 11:39 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Slater & Gordon has asked a court to summarily dismiss a negligence suit launched by a former HR executive who claims she was wrongfully accused of sending a firm-wide email containing sensitive salary data.

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Coles, Woolworths may face bigger underpayments bill in class actions
Employment 2025-11-17 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Underpayments class actions against Coles and Woolworths want to expand their claims to cover a longer time period, which would leave the supermarket giants with even bigger remediation bills than the $780 million estimated in the wake of a finding that underpayments cannot be set off.

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No bypassing appeals court for paramedics in Queensland class action
Employment 2025-11-17 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has rejected a removal application by paramedics in a class action over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued in 2021 by the Queensland Ambulance Service.

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Westpac pays back $50M to 47,000 underpaid staff
Employment 2025-11-14 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Westpac has paid back $50 million plus interest and super to 47,000 current and former staff who were underpaid over an 11-year period.

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Nielsen exec claims unfair dismissal after husband’s axing, can’t get job back
Employment 2025-11-13 11:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A former managing director of ratings agency Nielsen, who alleges she was unfairly dismissed after her husband was fired from the company, has lost her bid to be temporarily reinstated.

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Woolworths exec sues for overwork, discrimination after cancer diagnosis
Discrimination 2025-11-12 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Woolworths Group’s chief growth officer is taking the supermarket giant to court, claiming she faced excessive workloads and discrimination after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

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Former CFMEU boss John Setka charged over threats to administrator
Crime 2025-11-12 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former CFMEU head John Setka has been charged over alleged threats to a union administrator, as part of a Victoria Police taskforce aimed at rooting out criminal conduct from the construction union.

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BHP ordered to pay Qld coal mine workers for holiday roster
Employment 2025-11-11 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP must compensate coal mine workers who were rostered to work at a Queensland mine on Christmas and Boxing Day without a reasonable right of refusal.

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