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Accenture HR exec fights company’s push to keep lid on case ahead of mediation
Employment 2024-08-28 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former human resources executive at Accenture is pushing back against an application by the consulting giant to suppress her employment case pending mediation, saying the cat is already out of the bag.

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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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Accenture shuts down reporting of former HR exec’s employment case
Employment 2024-08-14 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Accenture has succeeded in a bid to keep a lid on court documents in a Fair Work claim by a former human resources executive ahead of mediation — the second recent suppression order of its kind made by the Federal Court.

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Samsung wins injunction banning senior sales manager from defecting to Electrolux
Employment 2024-05-22 11:29 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has imposed an interim injunction on a former Samsung Electronics business manager, restraining him from taking a similar role with rival Electrolux until a case alleging breach of post-employment restraints is heard.

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‘Vibe’ will not suffice: Female pilot can’t bring claims that Qantas culture was hostile to women
Employment 2024-05-09 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused to allow a female pilot to bring claims that Qantas engaged in sex discrimination because it had a culture that was “hostile to women”, saying that while the ‘vibe’ of a claim might suffice in the court of public opinion, it could not survive in a court of record.

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PwC sued by employee over alleged sexual assault
Employment 2024-04-05 3:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been sued by an employee who alleges the accounting firm is vicariously liable for an alleged sexual assault by a co-worker after an end-of-financial-year work party.

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Scyne can’t block partner from starting work at Downer after ‘belatedly’ bringing case
Employment 2024-03-08 2:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory has lost its bid to temporarily bar a former partner from working at Downer EDI after a judge found the firm had reasonable prospects of success in its case but had inexplicably delayed bringing the proceedings.

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Scyne has ‘grave concern’ about defecting partner setting up competing business, court told
Employment 2024-03-07 9:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Government consulting firm Scyne Advisory has argued it is entitled to enforce a non-compete clause to stop a partner from jumping to competitor Downer EDI, citing concerns she will be setting up a competing business.

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Sydney jeweller harassed employee by confessing romantic feelings, court finds
Employment 2023-11-02 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owner of a small jewellery retailer in central Sydney must pay a younger female employee $237,985 for sexual harassment after he slapped her on the buttocks and confessed romantic feelings for her, a judge has found.

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Journalist claims PTSD from bushfire reporting in suit against Ten
Employment 2023-10-23 10:33 pm By Sam Matthews

Ten wants to stay a sex discrimination claim brought by journalist Tegan George in light of separate personal injury proceedings seeking damages from the broadcaster over PTSD allegedly caused by reporting from the 2019-2020 bushfires.

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