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CFMEU hit with lawsuit for taking action over DP World automation
Employment 2020-01-29 3:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

The CFMEU is facing a lawsuit by four units of DP World Australia Group after refusing to accept the terms of four proposed enterprise agreements unless the stevedoring giant guaranteed it would not automate its terminals.

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Top NRL player agent Sam Ayoub wins case against protege who poached 18 players
Employment 2020-01-28 10:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Veteran NRL player agent Sam Ayoub has won his case against his former protege and another employee who left his Ultra Management Sports agency in 2017 and took 18 players with them.

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FWC dismisses case after Facebook pics show ‘agoraphobic’ beautician sunning it up
Employment 2020-01-28 8:30 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a general protections dispute brought by an “agoraphobic” beautician after social media posts revealed an active social life including gin, Greek food and the Melbourne Cup.

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Axed Russells lawyer’s feud with former firm heads to trial after failed settlement talks
Business of Law 2020-01-23 10:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A last ditch effort to resolve a case brought by a restructuring and insolvency solicitor against Russells Lawyers over his dismissal has failed and the dispute will head to trial this year, more than three years after he was sacked.

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Bed Bath N’ Table casual’s shifts were regular enough for unfair dismissal protection, FWC says
Employment 2020-01-23 2:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A casual worker at Bed Bath N’ Table worked shifts that were sufficiently regular for her to bring an unfair dismissal claim against the homewares retailer, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

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Deliveroo defends against wage theft case, says rider admitted he was a contractor
Employment 2020-01-22 7:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Online food delivery platform Deliveroo has defended its business model in a wage theft case brought by a former delivery rider, saying he acknowledged he was an independent contractor when he signed up.

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Glencore unit does not owe injured workers unlimited personal leave, court says
Employment 2020-01-21 4:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

A subsidiary of mining giant Glencore has defeated a case brought by the CFMEU claiming it was obligated to pay unlimited amounts of personal leave to sick or injured employees.

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Ashurst admits to underpaying staff
Business of Law 2020-01-20 5:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

Ashurst has become the latest law firm to be ensnared in the underpayments scandal affecting Australian businesses, with the firm admitting to underpaying a number of staff covered under the legal services award.

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Griffin Coal can’t get hands on docs in long-running spat with Carna Group
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-01-17 2:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Struggling mining firm Griffin Coal has been denied access to documents while defending a consumer law case brought by the liquidators of a collapsed mining services firm.

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Australia Post must pay damages after firing manager in face of union threats
Employment 2020-01-16 4:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has found Australia Post breached the employment contract of a compensation manager dismissed after “likely” threats by the CEPU resulted in the cancellation of a project targeting thousands of injured postal workers.

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