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Japanese shipping co. pleads guilty in global cartel case
Japan-based global shipper K-Line has pled guilty to its role in a criminal cartel, the second company to admit guilt in Australia in the case.   
Flight Centre fined $12.5M for attempted price-fixing
Flight Centre has been ordered to pay $12.5 million in penalties for making multiple attempts to enter into price-fixing arrangements with three international airlines.
ASIC charges ex-childcare firm head over failed takeover
The former head of childcare provider G8 Education has been slapped with multiple criminal charges for her role in an abandoned takeover bid for rival childcare company Affinity Education.
Judge dismisses ex-Norton Rose lawyer’s arguments for mediation move
A judge on Wednesday issued his reasons for refusing a bid by a former Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer to move scheduled mediation of the case out of Sydney, and he didn't pull any punches.
FWC rejects ACTU bid for flexible hours, oks unpaid domestic violence leave
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a call by unions for family-friendly working arrangements but provisionally offered a compromise that would expand the number of employees eligible to negotiate flexible hours.
Domino’s scraps plans for new enterprise agreement
Domino's Pizza has dropped its pursuit of a new enterprise bargaining agreement and will leave employees on the fast food industry award, the company said Monday.
Telstra faces $10M fine for unauthorized billing charges
Telstra could pay as much as $10 million in penalties after admitting it misled customers by billing them for mobile phone apps they unwittingly bought.
Souvenir supplier sold fake Aboriginal art, ACCC says
The ACCC has accused an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier of sourcing its products from Indonesia but falsely claiming they were made or hand painted in Australia by Indigenous people.
ACTU calls for Fair Work Act update to combat ‘wage theft’
ACTU secretary Sally McManus called for an overhaul of the Fair Work Act on Wednesday, saying Australia's workplace laws were broken and the Turnbull government was willfully ignoring the crisis.
Woolworths wins appeal of FWC’s extension in unfair dismissal case
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission on Wednesday overturned a decision extending the time allowed for a Woolworths' employee to lodge an unfair dismissal case by 164 days, saying the commissioner was wrong to find acceptable three unacceptable reasons for such a delay.