Qantas should pay a penalty of the “highest order” for outsourcing its ground crew staff during the COVID pandemic, a union has argued, while a judge has questioned if he needs to send a message that “you can’t play the court for a fool”.
A court has slapped freezing orders against the sacked CEO of Sydney Markets, who is accused of misappropriating company funds to the tune of $1.4 million.
An engineer who sued accounting software company Xero, alleging she was paid a lower salary than male colleagues, has resolved her case.
A former Slater & Gordon executive who says she was wrongfully accused of sending a firm-wide email with sensitive salary data has sued the law firm for negligence, saying it should have done more to exonerate her.
Lendlease has told a court that documents relied on by an ex-Greenwoods and Herbert Smith Freehills partner in his case contain privileged legal advice and without prejudice communications with the Australian Tax Office.
Litigation funder Woodsford has responded to a former female director’s sex and age discrimination lawsuit, denying the claims and seeking dismissal of the case.
Aviation company Corporate Air Charter is taking its fight over pilot pay up to the High Court, after twice losing its argument that stand-by duty should not be remunerated.
Ex-CFMEU Victorian branch boss John Setka has still not filed his defence in a case alleging he tried to get the former head of the construction industry watchdog sacked, and the Fair Work Ombudsman says it may seek summary judgment.
Pianist Jayson Gillham’s claims against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will go to trial after a judge rejected its argument that his case should be dismissed because the protections of the state Equal Opportunity Act do not constitute workplace law.
A Melbourne law firm has been hit with a $48,840 penalty in a case by a junior lawyer who was required to work over 200 hours in three weeks, including several days and nights spent working around the clock in a hotel.