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Fair Work Commission to review WFH rules for office workers
Employment 2024-08-29 11:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Fair Work Commission will conduct a review into whether rules for working from home for clerical workers are fit for purpose and foreshadowed potential changes in other sectors.

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PwC settles bullying case by former member of diversity team
Employment 2024-08-29 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former PricewaterhouseCoopers senior associate has resolved her suit alleging she was sacked after complaining of bullying by a supervisor on the firm’s diversity team.

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Accenture HR exec fights company’s push to keep lid on case ahead of mediation
Employment 2024-08-28 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former human resources executive at Accenture is pushing back against an application by the consulting giant to suppress her employment case pending mediation, saying the cat is already out of the bag.

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Sacked Laing O’Rourke exec wins $1.5M for unfair dismissal over fight with Stayz hosts
Employment 2024-08-28 11:15 pm By Andy Sidler

Engineering and construction firm Laing O’Rourke has been ordered to pay a former employee $1.5 million in loss and damages following his dismissal over false claims he was aggressive towards Stayz hosts who complained about a late night work party.

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Transurban suppresses, settles employee’s harassment suit
Employment 2024-08-27 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Transurban has reached a confidential settlement in a case by an employee alleging sexual harassment, the second employment suit the toll road operator has resolved this month by a female worker.

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PwC partner resolves suit over alleged $3.3M fraud scheme
Employment 2024-08-26 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has reached a settlement in a case alleging she was involved in a $3.3 million scheme to defraud her husband’s employer.

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Ten reporter settles personal injury case, forges ahead with discrimination suit
Employment 2024-08-26 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

Former Ten journalist Tegan George has reached a settlement in a case claiming she suffered PTSD on the job, but will continue her separate lawsuit against the TV network for alleged sex discrimination.

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ANZ employee can’t work from home full time, FWC says
Seyfarth Shaw 2024-08-23 11:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An ANZ employee has lost her application in the Fair Work Commission to work from home full time on the basis that she is over 55 years old, with a commissioner saying there was no “rational connection” between her age and the request. 

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CFMEU forcibly placed into administration
Employment 2024-08-23 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The federal government has taken control of the construction division of the CFMEU and all of its state branches, in an extraordinary move expected to see the replacement of almost 270 elected office bearers.

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Judge assails ‘widespread’ practice of inappropriately broad suppression bids
Employment 2024-08-22 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Publishing reasons for refusing an application by Super Retail Group to redact parts of its former chief legal officer’s case, a judge has called out the practice of “extensive” suppression applications despite the exhortations of courts that justice must be open.

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