A software company is suing a subsidiary of AMP for breach of contract after the financial services firm allegedly induced 11 employees to jump ship after licensing its online advisor platform.
A judge has tossed legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman against United Petroleum to enforce a notice to produce records as part of an investigation of workplace breaches, ruling the notice invalid.
A former customer service manager for Qantas who claims to suffer from severe depression and anxiety has brought allegations of disability discrimination against Maurice Blackburn, claiming the law firm put pressure on her to settle her workers compensation case against the airline.
The identity of a Big Six partner to whom a former AMP lawyer allegedly criticised her superior has been revealed in court during a heated exchange between the barristers in the unfair dismissal proceeding.
The Fair Work Commission has lavished praise on a Herbert Smith Freehills lawyer for his persuasive advocacy skills in representing transport company Greyhound in unfair dismissal proceedings.
Qantas breached the Fair Work Act by failing to pay personal carers leave and compassionate leave to employees stood down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including one battling cancer and another awaiting triple bypass surgery, a court has heard.
A Fair Work Commission appeals panel has upheld a ruling that an Uber Eats delivery driver allegedly let go for being 10 minutes late was not an employee and was therefore not protected by unfair dismissal laws.
Labour hire firm One Key Resources is facing an employment class action on behalf of casual coal mine workers who were allegedly denied annual leave and severance pay entitlements, the latest class action alleging workers have been misclassified as casuals.
Target Australia is facing a possible class action for allegedly failing to pay staff overtime or penalties for time that they worked, two months after revealing it underpaid staff at its retail stores $9 million.
Chevron has won a $3 million judgment against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, after a court found the Maritime Union of Australia, now part of the CFMEU, engaged in unlawful industrial action in opposing the energy giant’s use of foreign crews.