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Sydney Trains driver sacked for drinking deserves rehearing, Full Court says
Employment 2023-06-26 10:05 pm By Gareth Baker

The Full Court has held a Sydney Trains driver who worked the morning after blowing over four times the legal limit is entitled to a […]

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No legal protection for emails in Shane Heal’s case against Sydney Flames
Sports 2023-06-26 4:17 pm By Gareth Baker

Emails exchanged during a bullying investigation into former basketball great Shane Heal must be shared, a judge has found, as the Sydney Flames coach battles […]

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Crown backpays $1.2M to employees wrongly classified as award-free
Employment 2023-06-23 4:36 pm By Gareth Baker

Casino operator Crown Resorts has agreed to backpay employees more than $1.2 million, after the company notified the Fair Work Ombudsman that it had underpaid […]

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Human rights lawyers can intervene in ATO whistleblower case
Employment 2023-06-22 4:27 pm By Gareth Baker

The Human Rights Law Centre has been given the go ahead to intervene as amicus curiae in the case of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle, after […]

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Useless to continue $400M underpayments class action against Tandem, judge says
Class Actions 2023-06-19 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved the discontinuance of an underpayments class action against Tandem, saying it would be “inutile” to press forward with the case after […]

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Law firm Harmers wins strike-out bid in negligence suit by solicitor
Professional Negligence 2023-06-15 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Harmers Workplace Lawyers has won its bid to strike out a statement of claim by a client and lawyer who is suing the firm for […]

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Settlement in class action against CIMIC unit wins approval
Employment 2023-06-13 4:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $438,000 settlement in a class action accusing a unit of engineering company CIMIC of underpaying casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers has won court […]

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Law firm can’t stop solicitor from opening rival practice within 50km
Business of Law 2023-06-09 2:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A regional law firm has lost its bid to bar a former employee from opening a rival practice within a 50 kilometre radius of its […]

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Suncorp admits to underpaying workers by $32M
Employment 2023-06-09 3:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Insurers Suncorp and AAMI have back-paid $32 million to thousands of employees who were underpaid over a period of almost eight years. The insurers will […]

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Bubs Australia sued by founder, ex-chairman after board spill
Employment 2023-06-06 1:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two directors who were ousted from Bubs Australia and have mounted a challenge to its new leadership have filed proceedings against the infant formula company […]

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