The Sydney Symphony argues its former CEO can’t claim she was dismissed for investigating claims of sexual harassment by the orchestra’s musicians after previously telling the media she was the victim of a politically motivated “hit job” for seeking funding from the NSW government.
Amazon has settled a lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of violating the Fair Work Act by refusing to give an applicant a job because was pregnant.
Former secretary and general counsel for Noumi, formerly known as Freedom Foods, has dropped her unfair dismissal lawsuit after the maker of the popular Vitalife and MilkLab products tossed claims accusing her of serious misconduct.
A former ANZ employee has won her bid to discover a range of documents in her long-running dispute with the bank over alleged discrimination related to her pregnancies with her first two children.
The New South Wales government has pushed to consolidate a class action accusing it of failing to pay overtime hours to junior doctors with multiplying industrial actions filed by Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation.
Noumi, the company formerly known as Freedom Foods, has dropped defence claims that it was entitled to sack its former secretary and group general counsel for serious misconduct.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has hit back at a $45 million lawsuit alleging it failed to provide thousands of employees with paid rest breaks for at least six years, saying it had no responsibility to schedule or roster the breaks.
Fleet management company Orix Australia has struck out in its bid to access certain files in an abandoned criminal case against two former senior executives as it seeks to claw back what it claims are losses suffered as a result of their breaches of duty.
A former truck driver for Cooloola Milk who claims he was fired after asking about overtime pay has won his legal challenge to a decision finding that he was a casual employee and not entitled to protections against dismissal.
A solicitor and former client is suing Corrs Chambers Westgarth for “very significant damages”, alleging breaches of multiple duties by the law firm in the course of protracted litigation.