Employment

Teleco contractor BSA has reached an in-principle settlement resolving a class action that accuses the company of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.

Cricket Tasmania has denied allegations by a former front receptionist that she was the victim of sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and senior managers, and says she has not suffered loss as a result of any alleged misbehaviour.

A former Fair Work Commission vice president has sued the ABC for allegedly tricking him into participating in a Four Corners interview about his relationship with controversial union figure Kathy Jackson, who was found to have misused $1.4 million in union funds.

A judge has come down hard on a settlement in class actions against supermarket chain Romeo's, saying group members had been kept in the dark and the costs to be paid to the plaintiffs' firm did not add up.

A class action settlement with Woolworths which "troubled" a Federal Court judge has been abandoned, with the lead applicants resuming their bid to intervene in a parallel proceeding brought by the Fair Work Ombudsman against the supermarket giant.

The former general counsel of UK-based fintech Littlepay has filed a $300,000 lawsuit accusing her former employer of bullying and discrimination upon her return to work following the birth of her twins.

Telstra has been hit with a class action on behalf of employees who lost their jobs or are in danger of being terminated for failing to comply with a requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal proceedings against the Sushi Bay group of restaurants and its owner for allegedly underpaying workers to the tune of $650,000.

Labour hire firm CoreStaff will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action accusing it of using the promise of long-term work to lure workers to Australia from Papua New Guinea, only to terminate their employment agreements less than three years after they made the move.

Commonwealth Bank has won more time to examine the particular work arrangements in 24 individual branches, as it fights allegations of systemic failures to provide thousands of employees with paid rest breaks since 2014.