ANZ has resolved a case brought by the bank’s former head of money markets, who claims he was fired for making complaints about sexual harassment by senior managers and false reporting to APRA.
A group of DP World workers previously found to have been “blindsided” by their dismissal for refusing a mandatory COVID-19 jab have failed in a bid to appeal a decision that found their reinstatement inappropriate.
Two law firms behind underpayments class actions against Kentucky Fried Chicken have dodged a contest to run the litigation, agreeing to join their cases alleging the fast food giant denied tens of thousands of workers rest breaks.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has hit back at an employment suit filed by a former senior associate, saying the decision to terminate her employment was “entirely unrelated” to complaints she made about a supervisor’s “repeated bullying”.
Former AMA Group CEO Andrew Hopkins has agreed to pay the car repair giant a confidential sum to settle claims he defrauded the company of $3 million and breached his fiduciary duties.
Fortrend Securities is amending its $28 million lawsuit against rival Shaw & Partners and two former advisors accused of scheming to solicit customers, adding a claim that a client list was produced and then destroyed after legal action was foreshadowed.
Two former Fortrend Securities advisors, who face litigation over their defection to a rival, have hit back with a lawsuit of their own alleging the brokerage’s CEO sent a string of angry emails in a dispute over who should foot the bill for client expenses.
Car repair giant AMA Group has resolved its case against three former executives that sought to block them from poaching staff and customers for competing business Drive Group.
Expect more legal battles this year over the right to work from home, with employees continuing to demand flexibility but businesses starting to push back, according to legal experts.
The Full Federal Court has found that Telstra can be sued for a former employee’s alleged sexual harassment of his neighbours, finding harassment that is part of a private dispute may also occur in the course of providing services.