A psychiatrist who gave expert evidence in a lawyerâs human rights case against his former employer cannot be sued for negligence because he is protected by witness immunity, a judge has found.Â
A former Qantas customer service manager can’t undo a $75,000 settlement she reached to resolve a workers compensation claim in order to pursue a discrimination suit against the airline, a court has found.
A judge has panned as âthoroughly unsatisfactoryâ a draft notice informing group members in an underpayments class action against the federal government that only claims on behalf of postgraduate research students at the University of Sydney will continue.
South Australian MP Rebekha Sharkie has been hit with an employment suit by a former staffer who says she was subjected to âa course of bullying behaviourâ by the MP that culminated in a stress-related hospitalisation and left her unable to work.
Ernst & Young has been hit with a discrimination suit by a former Asia Pacific director, who alleges she was fired after making complaints of bullying, harassment and discrimination.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to backpay thousands of branch staff $3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to provide employees with paid rest breaks for at least six years.
The son of former ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston has been jailed for a minimum 10 years for his leading role in a $105 million tax evasion scheme.
Virgin Australia has settled a lawsuit brought by its former chief pilot alleging the airline sacked him for complaining of bullying and harassment by its CEO.
Qantas has succeeded in attacking claims that it created a workplace that was âhostile to womenâ, leveled in a former female pilotâs sex discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit.
A court has found the managing director of teahouse franchise Chatime liable for the underpayment of staff, despite accepting that he believed the company’s wage system was not unlawful.