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A judge has come down hard on a settlement in class actions against supermarket chain Romeo's, saying group members had been kept in the dark and the costs to be paid to the plaintiffs' firm did not add up.
A class action settlement with Woolworths which "troubled" a Federal Court judge has been abandoned, with the lead applicants resuming their bid to intervene in a parallel proceeding brought by the Fair Work Ombudsman against the supermarket giant.
The former general counsel of UK-based fintech Littlepay has filed a $300,000 lawsuit accusing her former employer of bullying and discrimination upon her return to work following the birth of her twins.
Telstra has been hit with a class action on behalf of employees who lost their jobs or are in danger of being terminated for failing to comply with a requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal proceedings against the Sushi Bay group of restaurants and its owner for allegedly underpaying workers to the tune of $650,000.
Labour hire firm CoreStaff will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action accusing it of using the promise of long-term work to lure workers to Australia from Papua New Guinea, only to terminate their employment agreements less than three years after they made the move.
Commonwealth Bank has won more time to examine the particular work arrangements in 24 individual branches, as it fights allegations of systemic failures to provide thousands of employees with paid rest breaks since 2014.
The federal government has argued it should not have to pay the “very high figure” former Royal Australian Navy sailors are seeking in compensation for a breached training contract that allegedly saw them denied a higher rate of pay.
Network Ten has denied claims that high profile political reporter Peter van Onselen harassed, ignored and humiliated journalist Tegan George.
A decision by Qantas to outsource its ground staff was not timed to head off industrial action by the Transport Workers' Union, the Full Federal Court has heard as the airline seeks to overturn a finding that it engaged in adverse action when it terminated around 1,800 employees last year.