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The Fair Work Commission has dropped claims against two union officials following mediation in proceedings against Health Workers Union secretary Diana Asmar over an alleged $2.7 million false invoicing scheme.
Jewellery chain Lovisa has avoided an early mediation in an underpayments class action, after slamming it as an invitation to "pay money to make the case go away”.
Jewellery retailer Lovisa has struck back at an underpayments class action, saying it does not have the burden of disproving the underpayments claims because the applicants have not proven each alleged unpaid overtime hour was actually worked.
Super Retail Group CEO Anthony Heraghty has been fired for inadequate disclosures about his affair with former HR head Jane Kelly, over a year after the retailer told investors an investigation found whistleblowers allegations about the affair were unsubstantiated.
The applicant in an employment class action against The Reject Shop is appealing a court decision that found it could amend the case and redefine the group members but not retroactively.
An employment class action against The Reject Shop can redefine group members and amend its claims, but not with retroactive effect that may have exposed the retailer to a case worth tens of millions of dollars.
The Reject Shop is fighting a class action’s bid to reconstitute an “empty” class in an underpayments case, saying it shouldn't be on the hook for tens of millions in claims because of a “basic legal error” by the applicant’s lawyers.
A lawyer acting for two senior Super Retail Group employees presented a PowerPoint to solicitors for the company on the damage to its share price if his clients' allegations went public, court filings say.
In new allegations, a former Super Retail Group exec claims she and a fellow whistleblower were threatened by CEO Anthony Heraghty at a mediation and that the company appointed a conflicted law firm to investigate her complaints.
After a judge raised concerns underpayments claims against jewellery chain Lovisa were not suitable for a group proceeding, counsel for a class action has suggested running the applicants’ case "as if" it isn’t a class action.