A group of leading partners that departed Corrs Chambers Westgarth months ago has turned up at King & Wood Mallesons, in a coup for KWM’s employment practice.
The University of Sydney will pay $23 million to over 14,000 current and former workers who were underpaid over an 8-year period as part of a deal with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
In a landmark ruling, the High Court has recognised the availability of damages for psychiatric injury caused by an employer’s negligent dismissal process, restoring a $1.4 million award to a former non-profit employee.Â
The Commonwealth says funder LLS should not be allowed a 20 per cent cut of a stolen wages class action settlement of up to $202 million, arguing it could produce an âexcessive deductionâ.
A judge on Wednesday questioned a solicitor acting for two axed Super Retail executives on his silence about an alleged settlement his clients are seeking to enforce.
Super Retail is bound by a settlement with two former executives who claim they were axed after complaints about its CEOâs undisclosed relationship with a former HR officer, a court has heard.
Collingwood has reached a settlement with its previous head of First Nations strategy in a case alleging unfair dismissal following complaints about CEO Craig Kelly.
The University of Melbourne will backpay $72 million to 25,000 academics who were paid on a âwords-per-hourâ or âtime-per-studentâ basis, a practice it now acknowledges was unlawful.
A court has found insurer Lloyds of London does not have to indemnify real estate agent Attree for underpayment claims by employees.
Insurer NRMA faces a Fair Work case by a former in-house lawyer who alleges she was dismissed after making a whistleblower complaint.