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TechOne says director barred by confidential talks from making unfair performance plan claim
Employment 2024-03-05 3:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Software company TechnologyOne will bring a strike-out application in a lawsuit by a former regional sales director alleging the company unfairly put him on a performance improvement plan and forced him to work excessive hours.

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In Hutchinson, CFMEU boycott case, ACCC failed to prove more than ‘industrial muscle’ at work
Construction 2024-02-29 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Builder J Hutchinson and the union for construction workers have successfully appealed a finding that they unlawfully agreed to boycott an independent subcontractor at a Brisbane building site.

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Mecca resolves suit over post-maternity leave redundancy
Employment 2024-02-29 4:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former head of brand marketing at Mecca Brand has dropped her lawsuit alleging the cosmetics retailer violated the Fair Work Act by making her position redundant after a period of maternity leave.

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Appeal dropped in first junior doctors class action to go to trial
Class Actions 2024-02-28 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Victoria’s Peninsula Health has abandoned an appeal of a ruling in a class action that found it breached workplace laws by failing to pay overtime to a junior doctor, a capitulation that could be a game changer for a series of class actions against health care providers.

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Lawyer’s belief about paralegal underpayments ‘unreasonable’, judge finds
Employment 2024-02-28 5:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney law firm and its principal have been fined $14,400 for disobeying a Fair Work Ombudsman compliance notice issued for the alleged underpayment of a paralegal, with a judge saying the lawyer’s belief she did not owe any wages was “unreasoned and unreasonable”. 

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ER doctors hit Melbourne hospital with underpayments suit
Employment 2024-02-28 3:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Twenty-six emergency doctors have brought an underpayments lawsuit against Melbourne hospital operator Austin Health, claiming that for the past six year they have not been paid the full amount they are owed.

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Just how far from pay equity is your law firm?
Business of Law 2024-02-27 5:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The numbers are in and most of Australia’s largest law firms have a long way to go in fixing the gender pay gap. Here, Lawyerly looks at the pay gap data provided by more than 50 law firms.

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Bureau of Meteorology challenges ruling on exec’s unfair dismissal over Paris trip
Appeals 2024-02-27 6:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Bureau of Meteorology has appealed a judgment that found a former senior executive was unfairly fired after taking a business-class trip to Paris.

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ABC host sacked for post on Gaza sues for unfair termination
Employment 2024-02-26 5:55 pm By Sam Matthews

A former ABC radio host has filed a Federal Court lawsuit against her former employer after she was fired for sharing a post by Human Rights Watch on her personal Instagram account about alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza.

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EY seeks to shut down partner’s lawsuit
Employment 2024-02-23 9:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Accounting firm Ernst & Young is seeking to throw out a tax partner’s lawsuit alleging he remains in the partnership despite an attempt to remove him, arguing the dispute had to be determined through confidential arbitration. 

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