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Sydney jeweller harassed employee by confessing romantic feelings, court finds
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.
Journalist claims PTSD from bushfire reporting in suit against Ten
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.
Chatime boss liable for underpayments despite ignorance of unlawful activity, court says
A court has found the managing director of teahouse franchise Chatime liable for the underpayment of staff, despite accepting that he believed the company's wage system was not unlawful.
Court strikes out pilot’s claims that Qantas workplace was ‘hostile to women’
Qantas has succeeded in attacking claims that it created a workplace that was “hostile to women”, leveled in a former female pilot’s sex discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit.
Ex-Cushman & Wakefield director appeals ban on office leasing role with rival
A former Cushman & Wakefield director is appealing a ruling released Friday that upheld a non-compete restraint in her employment contract with the real estate services giant.
Tech exec subjected to DXC’s ‘unreasonable’ 7-year restraint clause wins appeal
An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse's agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, which it acquired in 2018, was unreasonable.
Pendal dodges email production before trial in manager’s adverse action case
Fund manager Pendal Group has fended off calls to produce documents two months out from trial in a case by a portfolio manager who alleges he was threatened with termination while on stress leave, and later made redundant.
Ex-Cushman & Wakefield director says $1.3M sign-on bonus with rival at stake in employment case
A court has heard that a director at office leasing company Cushman & Wakefield who accepted a job with a competitor could lose a $1.3 million sign-on bonus if the case by her former employer is not promptly resolved.
Cushman & Wakefield director can’t shake injunction blocking jump to rival
A director at office leasing company Cushman & Wakefield who accepted a job with a competitor has lost a bid to lift an injunction keeping her on garden leave for three months, with a judge finding she was the “author of her own misfortune” for failing to read her employment contract.
BHP mine took adverse action against labour hire worker, judge finds
A judge has found a BHP mine took adverse action against a labour hire worker by excluding him from entering a Queensland mine after he complained about safety, rejecting arguments that the mine could not take adverse action because it did not employ the worker directly.