Employment

A judge has ruled that a former ANZ trader who alleges he was fired after complaining about rate-rigging at the bank can amend his lawsuit after separate proceedings that accuse law firm HWL Ebsworth of withholding his client file are resolved, saying the HWL documents could contain a "golden nugget".

The litigation funder that backed a dismissed employment class action against aviation service provider Airservices Australia has successfully argued that it should not bear the company's costs of defending the case

Virgin Australia is facing legal action from the Transport Workers Union which says the airline was not experiencing the necessary work shortage when it stood down some of its ground crew staff after the federal government's Jobkeeper wage subsidy came to an end over the weekend.

A McDonald's franchisee accused of failing to give employees paid rest breaks has hit back at a lawsuit filed by the retail workers' union, arguing its employees took their entitled breaks, but sometimes in a "non-continuous" manner.

An appeals court has upheld a ruling that Qantas’ dispute with former executive Nick Rohrlach over his defection to competitor Virgin Australia should be heard in Singapore because it falls under an exclusive jurisdiction clause in his employment agreement.  

The University of New South Wales has been taken to court by a former tenured professor who alleges she was terminated after making complaints about discrimination against female academics, bullying and misuse of her intellectual property.

Qantas has hit back at a lawsuit by a 64-year-old long haul pilot that has flown with the airline for 40 years accusing it of age discrimination for only providing voluntary redundancy to employees under 63 years old.

Queensland-based RMS Construction and Engineering has been accused of refusing to allow staff to take meal breaks, threatening those who complained about excessive hours, and improperly altering timesheets in a new class action filed on behalf of disgruntled employees.

A judge has ruled a legal stoush between Qantas and former executive Nick Rohrlach over his defection to competitor Virgin Australia should be heard in Singapore because it falls under an exclusive jurisdiction clause in his employment agreement.

In the face of significant crossbench opposition, the Morrison government has pushed through a gutted IR Omnibus Bill that scraps all but one of the five major employment reforms proposed.