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Ord Minnett settles exec’s suit over $110K pay cut following ASIC penalty
Employment 2025-07-22 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Ord Minnett has resolved a suit by a former exec claiming he was sacked for complaining about a $110,000 pay cut imposed after ASIC slapped the wealth management firm with a $880,000 penalty for breaching market integrity rules.

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Holding Redlich boosts workplace team with Moray & Agnew hires
Employment 2025-07-22 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Holding Redlich has bolstered its workplace and safety practice with the appointment of two senior lawyers from Moray & Agnew.

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Seek faces misuse of market power case by Employment Hero
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-21 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

HR company Employment Hero has launched legal action against investor and rival Seek, alleging the hiring giant has breached competition laws by terminating access to its API.

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Contempt bid against Nine’s in-house lawyers, journalists dismissed
Media 2025-07-18 11:16 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has tossed an application for a contempt hearing against in-house lawyers, editors and journalists at Nine who allegedly breached suppression orders in a former ABC radio host’s unfair dismissal case.

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CBA faces union action for alleged offshoring of hundreds of jobs
Employment 2025-07-18 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

The Finance Sector Union has taken Commonwealth Bank to the Fair Work Commission over the alleged “sham redundancy” of over 100 positions it says are being offshored to India in breach of an enterprise agreement.

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Bellamy’s settles sex discrimination suit by former CEO
Employment 2025-07-16 11:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bellamy’s Organic has resolved a suit by its former CEO alleging the baby food producer discriminated against her by offering a salary that was one-third of what her male predecessor earned.

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New Aim loses trade secrets case over employee’s WeChat contacts
Intellectual Property 2025-07-15 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has knocked back online merchandise importer New Aim’s trade secrets case against a former employee who gave the contact details of the company’s suppliers, stored on his personal phone, to a competitor after jumping ship. 

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Appeals court clarifies when it is a crime to prevent payout of employee wages
Employment 2025-07-15 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has held that directors cannot be found guilty of unlawfully making a deal to prevent employees from receiving their entitlements if they believe they could be paid out under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme.

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Royal Hotel recruiter accused of flouting FWC order in pregnant worker’s case
Employment 2025-07-15 11:37 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched action against a labour hire company for allegedly failing to pay compensation to a pregnant worker sacked from the Royal Hotel Granville.

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Jimmy Brings faces potential class action over driver underpayments
Class Actions 2025-07-14 10:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm which brought several underpayments cases on behalf of junior doctors is investigating a potential class action against alcohol delivery service Jimmy Brings. 

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