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On The Run says class action law firm must remove surveys aimed at group members
Class Actions 2021-07-08 7:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Convenience store chain On The Run has filed a bid for law firm Adero Law to take down surveys published on its website allegedly aimed at collecting registration data from group members in an underpayment class action against the company.

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Tandem enters administration, scuttling $400M sham contracting class action
Employment 2021-07-07 9:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

A $400 million class action brought by Shine Lawyers against a major Telstra and Foxtel contractor will be stayed after the company was placed into administration three months out from trial.

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Crown, James Packer liable for $326,000 Workcover payment to assaulted security guard, court told
Employment 2021-07-01 3:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Victoria’s Workcover has sued Crown and its major shareholder James Packer to recoup the compensation insurance it paid to a security guard who was allegedly assaulted by Packer on New Year’s Eve 2015.

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Qantas workers lose bid for High Court hearing over use of JobKeeper subsidy
High Court 2021-06-25 1:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court on Friday denied special leave to three unions representing Qantas workers that sought to challenge a Federal Court ruling for the airline in a dispute over the operation of last year’s COVID-19 JobKeeper wage subsidy.

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How Adero Law’s Rory Markham revived IR class actions
Litigation Rising Stars 2021-06-24 9:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

With roots in middle-class Canberra, Adero Law’s managing director Rory Markham takes pride in his role reinvigorating the industrial relations class action and putting pressure on companies to pay their staff on time and in full.

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Deloitte settles partner’s age discrimination lawsuit
Employment 2021-06-24 5:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Deloitte has agreed to settle a $3.8 million lawsuit brought by a partner that challenged the accounting firm’s mandatory retirement policy.

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Oracle settles with director who was told he had ‘zero EQ’ before sacking
Employment 2021-06-24 12:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Oracle has settled a lawsuit brought by a former account director who claimed he was fired for making complaints about one of his superiors who allegedly told him he had “zero EQ” and “an innate ability to annoy and anger people”.

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Intellectual freedom a ‘foundational’ principle, sacked climate skeptic professor tells High Court
High Court 2021-06-23 11:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sacked climate skeptic professor Peter Ridd brought his case challenging his dismissal by James Cook University to the High Court on Wednesday, with a lawyer for Ridd telling the justices that his sacking was unlawful because intellectual freedom was a “foundational’ principle that could not be subordinated to the university’s code of conduct.

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Vic hospital operator points finger at junior doctors in underpayments class action
Employment 2021-06-22 4:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Victorian public healthcare provider Peninsula Health has hit back at an underpayments class action brought by junior doctors, saying it was up to them to seek authorisation and payment for any overtime hours worked.

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Woolworths taken to court by FWO for ‘significant’ underpayment of store managers
Employment 2021-06-18 11:36 am By Christine Caulfield

Supermarket giant Woolworths has been hit with regulatory action by the Fair Work Ombudsman after it admitted to  shortchanging thousands of full-time salaried managers to the tune of $390 million.

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