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Lego resolves case with top exec who claimed his family commitments got him fired
Employment 2019-04-30 10:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Toy giant Lego has resolved an unfair dismissal lawsuit brought by a former executive who claimed he was fired after he returned to Australia early from an overseas secondment to care for his son.

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Judge won’t kill claim that court can wind up foreign company with no Aussie biz
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-04-29 9:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused to summarily dismiss a claim that the Federal Court has inherent power to order the winding up of a foreign company even if the company has no business in Australia and is not subject to the Corporations Act.

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Flight Centre faces court action by workers for alleged systemic underpayment
Employment 2019-04-26 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Flight Centre has been hit with legal action on behalf of employees accusing the travel giant of short-changing its workers through commission-based payments.

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Wilson Security can roster overtime to dodge Sunday penalty rates, appeals court confirms
Employment 2019-04-26 10:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Security guard union United Voice has lost a challenge to a ruling that found Wilson Security could legally allocate overtime to Sundays over a four-week roster to avoid paying penalty rates.

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Qantas can’t appeal sacked worker’s late unfair dismissal case
Employment 2019-04-24 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Qantas has failed in its bid to appeal a decision by the Fair Work Commission to allow a terminated employee’s late unfair dismissal application to proceed because the worker’s solicitor was to blame for the delay.

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Dental company founder not smiling after firm launches legal action for ‘unlawful payments’
Employment 2019-04-16 10:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The founder and former CEO of Smiles Inclusive has been taken to court by the dental company, which accuses him of serious misconduct over allegedly unlawful payments and transactions.

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James Cook University unlawfully sacked controversial climate change professor, court finds
Employment 2019-04-16 9:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

James Cook University unlawfully dismissed a professor who spoke out against the school and one of its scientists over its climate change views, a judge found Tuesday.

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Rugby League stand-down rule ā€˜draconianā€™, court hears at Jack de Belin trial
Trials 2019-04-15 3:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

An Australian Rugby League Commission rule barring St George Illawarra Dragons forward Jack de Belin from taking the field is ā€œdraconianā€ and ā€œunfairā€, a court has heard at the beginnig of a three day trial challenging the ‘no-fault’ rule.

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Judge fines CFMMEU, official for making a stink over dirty worksite toilet
Employment 2019-04-10 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has slapped fines of $33,350 against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union and a high-ranking official who pinned a project manager against a fence in a fight over a filthy portable toilet at a construction site in Adelaide.

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Judge can’t be mediator too, court says in ex-Macquarie advisers’ wage case
Employment 2019-04-10 9:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused a bid by Macquarie Bank and a group of former financial advisers to preside over a mediation of their spat over $2.6 million in wages, saying a judge can’t act as a mediator and he wouldn’t do it even if he could.

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