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Ten reporter settles personal injury case, forges ahead with discrimination suit
Employment 2024-08-26 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

Former Ten journalist Tegan George has reached a settlement in a case claiming she suffered PTSD on the job, but will continue her separate lawsuit against the TV network for alleged sex discrimination.

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ANZ employee can’t work from home full time, FWC says
Seyfarth Shaw 2024-08-23 11:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An ANZ employee has lost her application in the Fair Work Commission to work from home full time on the basis that she is over 55 years old, with a commissioner saying there was no “rational connection” between her age and the request. 

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CFMEU forcibly placed into administration
Employment 2024-08-23 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The federal government has taken control of the construction division of the CFMEU and all of its state branches, in an extraordinary move expected to see the replacement of almost 270 elected office bearers.

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Judge assails ‘widespread’ practice of inappropriately broad suppression bids
Employment 2024-08-22 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Publishing reasons for refusing an application by Super Retail Group to redact parts of its former chief legal officer’s case, a judge has called out the practice of “extensive” suppression applications despite the exhortations of courts that justice must be open.

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Sydney Trains underpayments suit mulls class closure as High Court takes up issue
Employment 2024-08-21 11:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An underpayments class action against Sydney Trains has flagged an application to exclude unregistered group members from any settlement, as the High Court steps in to resolve an appellate court split on the power to make class closure orders.

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Union loses challenge to Energy Australia’s super payments for shift workers
Employment 2024-08-20 11:07 pm By Andy Sidler

The full Fair Work Commission has rejected a union’s challenge to a decision affirming Energy Australia’s practice not to make superannuation contributions on earnings for time off in lieu of overtime for shift workers.

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High Court asked to weigh in on scope of whistleblower protections
Appeals 2024-08-16 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A former debt collector who accused the ATO of using heavy handed debt collection tactics against taxpayers has asked the High Court to overrule a decision that found he was not immune from prosecution. In a decision handed down in June, the South Australia Court of Appeal dismissed Richard Boyle’s second bid for immunity from…

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Former ACCC employee was not forced to resign over grievances, FWC says
Employment 2024-08-16 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

The Fair Work Commission has rejected a former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission employee’s unfair dismissal case, finding his argument that he resigned after the regulator repudiated his contract “disingenuous”.

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Trader alleges bullying, death threats in unfair dismissal case against CMC Markets
Employment 2024-08-15 2:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney trader has brought an unfair dismissal case against CMC Markets, alleging his manager threatened his job and life after he complained about a shortfall in bonuses totalling more than $500,000.

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Second Super Retail whistleblower comes forward, as court rejects bid to redact lawyer’s case
Employment 2024-08-14 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Super Retail Group has lost a bid to suppress parts of a case by former chief legal officer and company secretary Rebecca Farrell, who says she was sacked in May following complaints of corporate goverance issues, as a second senior employee steps up to back her former colleague’s claims.

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