Former AFL player and sports presenter Warren Tredea has failed in his $1.5 million breach of contract case against Channel 9, which terminated an agreement with him for refusing to have a COVID-19 vaccine.
A former lead partner in cybersecurity has sued Ernst & Young for expelling him after he was accused of threatening employees and mistreating female staff, saying the firm “ambushed” him and subjected him to “excessive” punishment.Ā
The theatre company behind a 2014 production of the Rocky Horror picture show has lost its bid to throw out actor Christie Whelan’s claims that she was victimised after allegedly suffering sexual harassment by fellow actor Craig McLachlan.Ā
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether employers should be on the hook for damages if they act negligently when dismissing a worker, granting special leave to a former employee at not-for-profit Vision Australia whose $1.4 million damages award was overturned on appeal.Ā
A special leave application by the Catholic diocese fighting to overturn a Full Federal Court judgment that two school teachers were entitled to backdated pay rises has failed.
PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory has lost its bid to temporarily bar a former partner from working at Downer EDI after a judge found the firm had reasonable prospects of success in its case but had inexplicably delayed bringing the proceedings.
A class action representing thousands of junior doctors alleging they were systematically underpaid has settled with NSW Health for a confidential sum, but a related union case is set to continue.
A judge will allow the erstwhile funder of a settled underpayments class action against recruitment agency Hays to argue it should be allowed to recover against group members who signed a funding agreement several years ago, but said the claim was ānot worth spending a vast amount of money onā and warned the funder against turning the case into a “circus”.
Government consulting firm Scyne Advisory has argued it is entitled to enforce a non-compete clause to stop a partner from jumping to competitor Downer EDI, citing concerns she will be setting up a competing business.
Labour hire company Hays Specialist Recruitment has agreed to pay up to $1.325 million to settle an employment class action on behalf of coal miners that has been on foot for five years.