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SPC’s controversial vaccine mandate may face legal challenges
A controversial announcement by Victorian-based fruit and vegetable processor SPC that it will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all of its 450 onsite workers could face legal challenges on several grounds.
TechnologyOne wins challenge to $5.2M judgment in exec’s unfair dismissal case
Australian software company TechnologyOne has succeeded in its challenge to a $5.2 million judgment in an unfair dismissal case by a former high ranking executive, with an appeals court sending the matter back for a retrial.
Bistrot d’Orsay waitress awarded $150,000 in damages for ‘egregious’ sexual assault
A former waitress who worked at one of Melbourne’s most well-known French bistros has been awarded more than $150,000 in damages after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found she suffered “grievous” sexual harassment at the hands of a colleague, who fled the country before the hearing. 
Freedom Foods to call boss as witness in former GC’s unfair dismissal case
Food and beverage manufacturer Freedom Foods will call its CEO and ex-group chairman to the stand in a case filed by the firm's former group general counsel, who has dropped her lawyer and is now self-represented.
Businesses urged to check employment contracts after landmark High Court ruling
Australian businesses have been urged to double check that their casual work contracts reflect a "true casual engagement" and ensure workers are properly classified following a landmark High Court ruling on casual worker classification.
Law firm says High Court ruling not a death knell for casuals class actions
The law firm that's running seven class actions challenging the 'casualisation' of mine workers says the cases still have a way forward despite suffering a "disappointing setback" from the High Court's finding that a Glencore mine worker was a casual employee because he worked on an "assignment-to-assignment" basis.
Australia Post settles with Christine Holgate for $1M
Australia Post has agreed to pay former CEO Christine Holgate $1 million after the company's board ordered her to stand down last year for spending $20,000 on Cartier watches for employees.
High Court deals crushing defeat to casual workers
The High Court has found casual employees who work regular shifts are not entitled to paid annual, personal and compassionate leave under the Fair Work Act, putting the fate of seven class actions by casual miners in question.
Two years is too long, says judge in Willis Towers Watson restraint of trade dispute
Financial services giant Willis Towers Watson ordered a former executive to lie to clients on his way out of the organisation and imposed an "unreasonable" two-year employment restraint, a NSW Supreme Court has found.
Junior doctors launch third class action in Victoria alleging unpaid overtime
Melbourne hospital operator Western Health has been hit with a class action on behalf of junior doctors across six hospitals in Victoria who allege they were denied pay for overtime hours, the third underpayments class action filed by doctors in the state.