Romeo’s will pay $1.55 million to registered group members as part of a settlement of two class actions alleging the supermarket chain underpaid staff.
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has struck down a BHP requirement that all workers at its Mt Arthur coal mine in NSW be vaccinated against COVID-19, finding the mandate was unreasonable and unlawful for lack of consultation.
Victorian workers challenging the government’s health directions requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have lost their second bid to disqualify the judge hearing the case on the ground of apprehended bias.
KPMG has been hit with a lawsuit by a principal director who claims he was told to “change and adjust” to “belittling and disproportionate attacks” by a partner on the debt advisory team.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken supermarket giant Coles to court for allegedly underpaying more than 7,800 staff members $115 million over three years.
Two law firms are seeking court approval to drop class actions brought on behalf of allegedly misclassified casual coal miners, in light of a High Court decision that “radically” decreased their chances of success.
Virgin Australia has walked back part of its COVID-19 vaccination policy after the union representing aircraft maintenance engineers received hundred of complaints about the requirement that they provide their Individual Health Identifier as part of proof of their vaccination status.
The CFMMEU and two of its officers have been hit with a $554,600 penalty for allegedly using the union’s ācovert industrial muscleā to pressure a New South Wales crane company to bend to its bargaining demands.
Victoria’s Alfred and St Vincent’s hospitals are the targets of a new class action filed on behalf of junior doctors alleging they were not paid for unrostered work that included admitting patients and attending to medical emergencies.
Specialist workplace relations consultancy Employsure has been ordered to pay a $1 million penalty over a series of misleading Google advertisements, a figure significantly lower than the $5 million sought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.