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Sacked AMP lawyer demands details of alleged performance concerns
Employment 2020-02-26 3:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former AMP general counsel Larissa Cook, who is suing the financial services giant for alleged bullying, wants her former employer to provide details of claims in its defence that senior executives raised concerns about her conduct and that her performance was being “managed”.

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Coles faces potential class action over $20M in staff underpayments
Employment 2020-02-21 4:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Supermarket giant Coles may be hit with a class action after it was revealed on Tuesday that the company owes staff in its supermarket and liquor businesses at least $20 million in pay.

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Ex-director can’t grill Corrs partner in $1M share dispute
Employment 2020-02-21 12:14 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former managing director of Australian civil infrastructure contractor WBHO Infrastructure and his firm have lost their bid to cross-examine the company’s instructing solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth as part of a $1 million share dispute that followed his termination.

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Ex-Victorian prosecutor awarded $435,000 for work-related PTSD
Business of Law 2020-02-20 9:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former prosecutor working for the Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions in its sexual offences division has won a $435,000 judgment by the state’s Supreme Court after being diagnosed with depression and PTSD during her time working there.

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Six-year delay in judge’s ruling ‘deplorable’, Full Court says in Boral sex harassment case
Employment 2020-02-20 4:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Wood products giant Boral Timber has been found vicariously liable for a male worker’s sexual harrassment of a female colleague, with an appeals court overturning a ruling that it said took a judge more than six years to deliver and “regrettably” brought the administration of justice into disrepute.

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Wesfarmers says Target underpaid staff $9M
Employment 2020-02-19 11:24 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Wesfarmers has revealed staff at Target stores were underpaid $9 million, one day after Coles announced at least $20 million in underpayments.

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Coles owes underpaid staff at least $20M
Employment 2020-02-18 4:58 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Coles underpaid salaried staff members in its supermarket and liquor businesses at least $20 million over the past six years, the company revealed in announcing its half-yearly results.

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Russells drops cross claim against axed solicitor
Employment 2020-02-17 12:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Russells Lawyers has withdrawn a cross claim against a restructuring and insolvency solicitor who filed a lawsuit alleging the firm tried to manufacture a reason for terminating his employment.

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McDonald’s franchisee says law doesn’t entitle staff to use the toilet whenever they want
Employment 2020-02-12 3:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

A McDonald’s franchisee has hit back at claims it threatened staff with cruel and inhumane working conditions by telling employees they could not go to the toilet during their shift outside a 10-minute paid break, saying the law doesn’t give workers the right to go to the bathroom whenever they want to.

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Sussan faces lawsuit over worker’s ‘humiliating’ experience with Kylie Minogue impersonator
Employment 2020-02-10 10:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Women’s clothing retailer Sussan is facing a lawsuit from an employee who claims he suffered psychological injury after being forced to don gold hotpants, a bikini top and a pink cowboy hat and perform with a Kylie Minogue impersonator at a company event.

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