The owner of Rebel Sport is facing a $50 million lawsuit by two former employees who allege CEO Anthony Heraghty carried on a secret relationship with the retailer’s former chief human resources officer.
Woolworths has been fined $1.3 million by a magistrate after admitting it failed to pay long service leave entitlements to more than 1,000 employees.
A landmark $230 million settlement in an underpayments class action on behalf of junior doctors in NSW shows employment group proceedings are âviable and attractiveâ and may encourage more players to pursue representative cases on behalf of workers, according to class action experts.
Scyne Advisory has resolved its case seeking to bar a former partner from working for the professional services arm of Downer EDI, in a confidential settlement the firm said acknowledged the need to protect information and uphold restraints.
Former AMA Group CEO Andrew Hopkins has agreed to pay the car repair giant a confidential sum to settle claims he defrauded the company of $3 million and breached his fiduciary duties.
A judge has expressed concern that a “bizarre” last-minute settlement in a long-running case against the CFMEU could damage the public perception of the FWO as a model litigant, saying it could appear that the ombudsman treated some perpetrators as âmore equalâ than others.Â
A subsidiary of hospitality giant Mantle Group has failed to set aside a Fair Work Commission decision finding it systematically underpaid employees and gave âknowingly falseâ evidence, with an appeals court refusing to find the decision gave rise to the appearance of bias.
Two employment silks and a criminal barrister have been selected by the NSW government to serve on the state’s restored Industrial Court.
A judge has rejected claims by basketball coach Shane Heal that the Sydney Flames used bullying complaints from several players as a âsmoke screenâ to hide unlawful reasons for suspending him last year.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered a Bendigo Bank worker to come into the office two days a week, saying he was âonly concerned about himselfâ in seeking to work from home full time.