National Australia Bank has moved to set aside discovery requests in a suit by its former head of repo trading alleging she was bullied and paid less than other workers because of her gender.
A Federal Court judge has pulled the plug on a bid by the Fair Work Ombudsman for an upcoming trial in wage cases against supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to be livestreamed like other hearings of public interest in the court.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese breached workplace law by cutting the number of staff allocated to cross-benchers from four to one, according to new court documents in a lawsuit by Independent Monique Ryan’s chief of staff.
A judge has slammed as a “schemozzle” a law firmâs attempt to drop a class action by Telstra employees over the telecom giantâs COVID-19 vaccine policy, saying it failed to seek court approval for the discontinuance or give notice to group members as required.
Discount retail chain The Reject Shop has become the latest Australian company to be stung with an underpayments class action.
The National Australia Bank and its former head of repo trading both âmight need a bit of a reality checkâ in a discovery stoush, a judge has said in a case alleging the senior employee was bullied and paid less than other workers because of her gender.
A sacked Myer executive has brought Fair Work proceedings against her former employer, seeking over $700,000 in compensation after she was allegedly unfairly dismissed for complaining about a general managerâs “belittling” conduct.Â
Approved settlements in class actions since the regime was enacted are set to top $8 billion this year, according to a new report ranking the busiest litigation funders, which found most class action mega settlements were not funder backed.
Last year saw the lowest number of new class action filings in Australia since 2016, according to a new report.
The former dean of art school LCI Melbourne is seeking over $860,000 in compensation in a case alleging she was unfairly sacked via Instagram direct message because she took paid annual leave during “the most important term of the year”.