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A former chef of catering company Peter Rowland Group has lost her fight for gender pay equality, with the Fair Work Commission accepting the merits of her claim but ruling the legislation that covers equal pay can apply only to current employees.
A union representing 54 junior doctors alleging they were systemically underpaid has defeated a bid by NSW Health to stay its case until the determination of a related class action on behalf of tens of thousands of medical officers.
A judge's decision that the thumbs-up emoji on a contract constitutes a valid signature is the latest court ruling to find that emojis can amount to acceptance of an offer, and serves as a warning about the downsides of the smiley face and its offspring, experts say.
A junior doctor representing thousands of medical officers in NSW has thwarted an application by the state to declass her group proceeding, with a judge saying a "single determination" of the issues common to all group members was the most efficient way of resolving them.
A court has found that former Network Ten political editor Peter van Onselen breached a non-disparagement clause in an agreement with the broadcaster by criticising his old employer in an article penned for the The Australian.
National Australia Bank says employees suing the company for years of alleged unpaid overtime have failed to prove the work asked of them was unreasonable, in response to a test case that could affect up to 10,000 staff.
Discount retail chain The Reject Shop has hit back at an underpayments class action, claiming store managers were not entitled to overtime and that their claims cannot be run as a class action.
BHP in-house labour hire provider Operations Services has filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court a finding that it unlawfully required its coal miners to work on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The Finance Sector Union has brought action in the Fair Work Commission over the Commonwealth Bank’s decision to force employees to return to the office.