Teleco contractor BSA, which resolved a class action by its workforce for $20 million, won’t be recouping the costs of legal action to exclude a $13 million capital raising from the settlement.
The former general manager of Okta has sued the tech company for allegedly terminating him on the eve of his retirement to avoid a transfer of over 2,000 shares owed under his employment contract.Â
A judge has rejected a class action law firm’s challenge to her decision to slash its fees in two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeoâs after finding it âseriously breachedâ rules of the legal profession.Â
A judge has approved a $2.2 million settlement in a class action on behalf of Drakes store managers who were allegedly underpaid but has deferred her approval of fees charged by the law firm — the same firm that saw its fees cut in two similar class actions.
A judge has raised concerns about the utility of referring a satellite dispute over whistleblower protections to the Full Court in a $13 million lawsuit brought by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner.
The Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees’ Association has struck a blow for Aldi warehouse workers, with a judge ordering the supermarket giant to backpay its workers for unpaid pre-work duties undertaken since 2018.
The Australian and New Zealand Banking Group has hit back at allegations by its former head of money markets that he was sacked for making complaints about sexual harassment by senior managers at the bank and false reporting to the prudential regulator.
The University of Melbourne has hit back at the Fair Work Ombudsmanâs allegations that it took adverse action against two casual academics to prevent them from claiming payment for extra hours worked, but admitted a supervisor penned an email referring to one of them as a âself-entitled Y-gennerâ.
Despite objections from numerous group members, a judge has tossed an underpayments class action brought by a self-represented applicant against Wilson Security, ruling that class actions should not be run without lawyers.
A judge who slashed the fees of a law firm that reached a $1.55 million settlement in two class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s has expressed her “annoyance” at the firm’s attempt to tender time records to justify the bill.