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Ex-Qantas worker tries again to bring discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn
Appeals 2020-08-18 12:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former Qantas customer service manager has appealed a ruling blocking her from pursuing a disability discrimination case against Maurice Blackburn alleging the law firm put pressure on her to settle her workers compensation case against the airline.

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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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Aged care provider Uniting underpaid 9,500 staff more than $3.3M
Employment 2020-08-12 5:38 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Aged care operator Uniting has agreed to make $3.36 million in back payments to about 9,500 employees who were underpaid their full entitlements over a period of six years.

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AWU fined $150,000 for inflating membership numbers
Employment 2020-08-12 3:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has slugged the Australia Workers’ Union with a $148,100 fine for artificially boosting member numbers in what he said was a “serious departure” from the record-keeping standards required by registered organisations under the Fair Work Act.

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BP worker fired over Hitler parody video wins $201,000 in compensation
Employment 2020-08-11 6:13 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A BP worker whose employment was reinstated after he was unfairly dismissed for sharing a video clip that included subtitles placed over a scene from the movie ‘Downfall’ about Adolf Hitler, has been awarded $201,000 in lost wages and superannuation.

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Foxtel, Optus contractor criticises ‘opportunistic’ new sham contracting class action
Class Actions 2020-08-10 4:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

Communications and technical services company BSA Limited has slammed as “opportunistic” an employment class action by allegedly underpaid technicians, saying the media was informed of the proceedings before it was.

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Deloitte faces age discrimination case by 63-year-old partner
Employment 2020-08-06 10:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

A 63-year-old partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is suing the accounting giant and CEO Richard Deutsch alleging the firm’s mandatory retirement policy is discriminatory and has cost him almost $4 million.

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Backpacker’s tax not discriminatory, appeals court finds
Employment 2020-08-06 3:55 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The Australian Taxation Office has won its appeal of a ruling that found that a 15 per cent ā€˜Backpacker’s Taxā€™ imposed on holders of Australian working holiday visas was unlawful.

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Judge urges Komatsu to consider ‘adequacy’ of sex harassment defence
Employment 2020-08-05 7:24 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A judge has told mining equipment provider Komatsu to consider whether its sex harassment policies and training are an “adequate” defence to serious allegations of harassment and bullying by a female employee.

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Fundraiser Appco settles ‘sham’ contracting class action
Class Actions 2020-08-04 11:48 am By Miklos Bolza

Fundraising company Appco has reached a settlement to resolve a class action alleging it misclassified its army of sales people as independent contractors.

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