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‘Industrial activity’ under Fair Work Act doesn’t extend to spat over worksite amenities, court says
Employment 2020-11-12 7:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

In an important ruling that confines the scope of “industrial activity” under the Fair Work Act, the Full Federal Court has overturned a $50,000 fine against the CFMEU and two officials for organising a work stoppage at a Brighton construction site that the union said needed a female toilet.

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Setka ordered to stop poaching of union members
Employment 2020-11-11 10:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

CFMEU official Michael O’Connor has successfully appealed a ruling that threw out his lawsuit seeking to restrain union heavyweight John Setka from poaching members from the union’s manufacturing division.

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Healius to back pay doctors, nurses $15M after ‘widespread underpayments’
Employment 2020-11-10 10:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

National medical centre operator Healius has agreed to pay back wages of $15.3 million to thousands of nurses, doctors and dentists after reporting “widespread underpayments” for over eight years.

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Litigation funder wins appeal over security for costs in Fair Work class actions
Employment 2020-11-10 2:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Litigation funder Augusta Ventures has won its challenge to a landmark ruling that it pay $3.1 million in security for the costs of two Fair Work class actions it is financing on behalf of casual mine workers.

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Legal industry rocked by new allegations of sexually inappropriate conduct
Employment 2020-11-10 1:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Australiaā€™s peak legal body has repeated its calls for an integrity commission after allegations of sexually inappropriate conduct by two senior Federal Government ministers — including Attorney General Christian Porter — were aired Monday night on ABCā€™s Four Corners program.

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Qantas employee fired for viewing porn on company iPad loses appeal
Employment 2020-11-09 4:38 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

A 59-year-old Qantas engineer who used his company-issued iPad to view pornographic material while at work has lost his unfair dismissal appeal.

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Ex-Freedom Foods GC files lawsuit claiming she ‘had no choice but to resign’
Employment 2020-11-09 3:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

The former company secretary and group general counsel of Freedom Foods has filed an unfair dismissal lawsuit accusing the food and beverage company of sidelining her in her role and making decisions that put her at risk of an ASIC investigation.

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Qantas engineers appeal COVID-19 stand down win for airline
Employment 2020-11-06 2:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

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

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Slater & Gordon settles suit by lawyer who complained about funding referral scheme
Employment 2020-11-05 2:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Slater & Gordon has settled a lawsuit brought by a former senior solicitor alleging he was fired after making complaints about the law firm’s arrangement with a third-party funder for personal injury clients.

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ANZ looks to shut down rate-rigging whistleblower’s lawsuit
Employment 2020-11-03 10:31 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

ANZ is gunning for a lawsuit alleging it dismissed a former director of trading after he complained about rate-rigging to be thrown out before trial.

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