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A class action on behalf of tens of thousands of KFC workers who were allegedly denied rest breaks has settled for around $29 million.
The owner of a concrete business has lost his suit against the purchasers for compensation for out of hours work, with a judge finding his services agreement made clear he was to be paid a fixed annual rate of $200,000.
HWL Ebsworth might rely on expert evidence to show it acted reasonably in its representation of the Commonwealth in a $2.45 million settlement with Brittany Higgins, a deal at the centre of a suit by ex-defence minister Linda Reynolds.
The Public Service Association has moved to sack a legal officer for allegedly submitting false time records when working from home, but the Fair Work Commission has found its investigation lacked procedural fairness.
A former TechnologyOne executive is on the hook for costs in his failed dismissal case after maintaining an unreasonably expansive list of claims and rejecting a $2.2 milllion settlement offer, a judge has ruled.
A former IP Australia patent examiner has lost his latest appeal of a Fair Work Commission decision that found he was not forced to resign from his job.
A University of NSW employee has lost her bid to work exclusively from home to care for her young child, with the Fair Work Commission saying her request for a flexible work arrangement, while “reasonable”, was invalid under the Fair Work Act.
A Federal Circuit Court judge who has been in the spotlight for his decisions has scolded a Perth law firm and barrister facing a sexual harassment case, after they sought to vacate the trial date due to counsel availability.
The Full Court has rejected an appeal by the tax office over the classification of a redundancy payment, finding that an early learning centre worker who was offered reduced hours and pay as part of a restructure was made redundant.
Former ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott has dropped a lawsuit alleging the bank breached the terms of a contract governing his departure when it denied him $13.5 million in bonus payments.