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Judge rejects bid for second opt out notice in Merivale class action
Class Actions 2023-03-27 3:27 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a $129 million underpayments class action against hospitality giant Merivale has rejected a bid for a second round of opt out notices, […]

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Full Court to decide scope of whistleblower laws in ex-Greenwoods partner’s $13M case
Employment 2023-03-22 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge hearing a lawsuit by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner seeking $13 million in compensation from his former firm and Lendlease has […]

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Claims of barrister’s ex-wife based on employment, not marital, relationship: court
Employment 2023-03-22 8:40 pm By Sam Matthews

A wife employed by her barrister husband can seek compensation for unpaid wages because the claim is based on their employment relationship not their marital […]

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Merivale slams class action’s bid for second opt out notice to workers
Employment 2023-03-21 3:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Hospitality giant Merivale is contesting a bid by the applicant in a $129 million underpayments class action to issue a second opt out notice to […]

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‘Freedom to switch off’: Greens moot ‘right to disconnect’ reforms
Employment 2023-03-20 4:17 pm By Sam Matthews

The Greens are pushing for reforms that would give employees the ‘right to disconnect’ by prohibiting employers from contacting them outside of work hours. On […]

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Cushman & Wakefield director can’t shake injunction blocking jump to rival
Employment 2023-03-16 3:10 pm By Sam Matthews

A director at office leasing company Cushman & Wakefield who accepted a job with a competitor has lost a bid to lift an injunction keeping […]

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Ashurst snags McCullough Robertson partner for employment team
Employment 2023-03-14 2:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ashurst has lured the founding partner of McCullough Robertson’s employment and safety practice to expand its risk advisory offering amid increased regulation in the space. […]

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MACH Energy hits back at Tinkler’s fraud case, mounts strike-out bid
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-03-14 5:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

MACH Energy has hit back at a lawsuit by mining executive Nathan Tinkler’s companies that alleges a former general manager misused confidential information to help […]

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Full Court to decide whether employment class actions ever allowed
Employment 2023-03-09 6:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The question of whether judges have the power to hear employment cases as representative proceedings is headed to the Full Court after a union raised […]

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Judge troubled by class action firm’s costs, union’s delay in rival McDonald’s cases
Employment 2023-03-09 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge is weighing up a law firm’s high legal costs against a union’s delay in a stoush over who should run a case against […]

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