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Colliers must pay $110K to ex-director for commission on Westfield deal
An appeals court has ordered Colliers to pay a former director more than $110,000 for serving as agent on a lease at the Westfield in Sydney's CBD, which he did not receive after he left the firm in 2016.
Parliamentary privilege bars Hansard in Fair Work bias challenge: court
The Full Federal Court has found Hansard extracts are inadmissible in Tesa Group's judicial review challenge to Fair Work Commission Deputy President and former Labor MP Terri Butler's refusal to recuse herself from the mining company's 'same job, same pay' cases.
Victoria ushers in law restricting NDAs in workplace harassment
A Victorian law that came into effect this month will fundamentally change how NDAs relating to workplace sexual harassment can be used in the state, says Kingston Reid's Katie Sweatman and Aneisha Bishop.
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Ex-Colliers director fails in claim he lost out on pricier Paddington pad
An appeals court has mostly rejected the claims of a former Colliers director who says he lost out on purchasing a more expensive property in the affluent Sydney suburb of Paddington due to commissions his former employer failed to pay. 
Former Woolworths exec claims ‘boys club’ culture in Fair Work suit
Supermarket giant Woolworths has been hit with a lawsuit by a former senior executive who claims she was forced to work up to 90 hours per week and was subjected to a "boys club" culture.
Union loses challenge to Opal Packaging’s drug testing policy
A union has lost an appeal of a decision which found packaging company Opal Packaging was allowed to reintroduce drug and alcohol testing of staff under a new methodology while a union challenge was on foot.
Woolworths seeks more details in exec’s overwork, discrimination case
Woolworths says it wants more information about an executive's lawsuit alleging she faced excessive workloads and discrimination after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Ashurst hires partners for disputes, employment teams
Ashurst has snagged two partners to grow the firm's disputes team in Melbourne and its employment practice in Brisbane.
EY partner terminated over bar fight loses lawsuit
An Ernst & Young tax partner who was terminated from the partnership over his involvement in a bar fight has lost his lawsuit against the firm, with a judge finding the partnership agreement extended to private conduct.
Funder admits ‘thrusting young bucks’ remark, denies discrimination claim
Litigation funder Woodsford has struck back at a discrimination suit by a former female director, admitting its CEO described her male colleague as a "thrusting young buck" but denying the phrase was gendered.