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‘Shameful’: Qantas fined $250K for standing down health and safety rep during COVID-19
Employment 2024-03-06 10:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Qantas has been hit with a $250,000 fine for standing down a health and safety representative who directed co-workers to cease unsafe work during COVID-19, […]

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Lawyer’s belief about paralegal underpayments ‘unreasonable’, judge finds
Employment 2024-02-28 5:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney law firm and its principal have been fined $14,400 for disobeying a Fair Work Ombudsman compliance notice issued for the alleged underpayment of […]

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Mere mention of Viagra doesn’t equal harassment, court finds
Employment 2023-09-05 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that the mere mention of the drug Viagra in the workplace does not constitute sexual harassment, in a lawsuit brought against […]

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Macquarie advisers stripped of $330,000 win as 5-year-old case sent back
Financial Services 2023-02-17 4:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Dozens of Macquarie advisers who previously won a $330,000 payday against the bank have been ordered back to court for a rehearing of their long-running […]

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Sydney Flames wins fast-tracked hearing in Shane Heal’s adverse action suit
Employment 2023-02-15 4:28 pm By Sam Matthews

The Sydney Flames has secured an expedited hearing in a Fair Work case filed by basketball great and former head coach Shane Heal. Heal filed […]

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Macquarie appeals $330,000 penalty for ‘defective and deficient’ adviser pay system
Financial Services 2021-02-09 6:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Macquarie Bank is challenging a ruling that it pay $330,000 in pecuniary penalties after it was found to have underpaid a group of former financial […]

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Macquarie’s ‘defective’ payment system should have rung alarm bells, judge says
Employment 2021-01-14 5:33 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Macquarie Bank has been ordered to fork out $330,000 to dozens of former advisers for a “defective and deficient” system which saw the bank fail […]

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Macquarie Bank on the hook for paying advisers leave entitlements
Employment 2020-10-02 10:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Macquarie Bank financial advisers who claimed their commission pay structure left them shortchanged have won their case for back pay for annual and personal […]

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Judge dismisses Macquarie bid for ‘irrelevant’ tax docs in underpayments suit
Financial Services 2020-09-17 2:39 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Three former Macquarie Bank financial advisors who claim the bank underpaid them have successfully appealed a decision ordering them to hand over personal tax assessments, […]

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FWC ‘misconstrued’ general protections authority, Full Court says in win for Coles
Employment 2020-09-14 6:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

A landmark judgment by the Full Federal Court has found that a full bench of the Fair Work Commission “misconstrued” its own authority to make […]

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