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Genuine redundancy exception to unfair dismissal not a given, court says
Employment 2024-04-10 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The allowance for genuine redundancies is ā€œnot absoluteā€ and employers need to consider measures to redeploy workers, including retraining, an appeals court has said in […]

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Australia Post unit wins injunction in passing off case against former biz partner
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-01-09 8:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australia Post unit StarTrack has won an injunction barring postal product manufacturer TMA Australia from using a website URL containing the words ā€˜StarTrackā€™, with the […]

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Monash Health wins appeal over ā€˜shamā€™ restructure of library services
Appeals 2023-10-17 10:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Monash Health has won its challenge to a decision finding it wrongfully dismissed a librarian in a ā€˜shamā€™ redundancy. Justices Anna Katzmann, John Snaden and […]

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Reject Shop underpayments class action hit with costs for ‘late retreat’
Employment 2023-09-25 3:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead applicant in an underpayments class action against The Reject Shop has been hit with costs after his ā€œlast minuteā€ withdrawal of a bid […]

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Court tosses Network Ten producer’s $400,000 underpayments claim
Employment 2023-09-15 4:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed a suit by a former executive producer at Network Ten who claimed she was owed nearly $400,000 in severance pay under […]

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Court strikes out pilot’s claims that Qantas workplace was ‘hostile to women’
Employment 2023-08-16 9:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas has succeeded in attacking claims that it created a workplace that was ā€œhostile to womenā€, leveled in a former female pilotā€™s sex discrimination and […]

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Irritated judge pushes off 2nd junior doctors class action trial
Employment 2023-07-05 4:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has adjourned a trial in a case brought by junior doctors seeking to recoup alleged unpaid overtime, despite noting his annoyance over the […]

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The Reject Shop flags early attacks on underpayments class action
Class Actions 2023-06-26 12:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Discount retail chain The Reject Shop has foreshadowed two challenges to an underpayments class action, claiming store managers were not covered by the general retail […]

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Sydney Trains driver sacked for drinking deserves rehearing, Full Court says
Employment 2023-06-26 10:05 pm By Gareth Baker

The Full Court has held a Sydney Trains driver who worked the morning after blowing over four times the legal limit is entitled to a […]

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Law firm loses appeal in pay feud with high fee earner
Appeals 2023-05-26 11:09 am By Sam Matthews

A Melbourne law firm has lost its appeal of a $184,000 judgment in favour of a former junior lawyer who earned hundreds of thousands of […]

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