A judge has found ASX-traded mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering can use documents disclosed in its case against rival Schlam over a former employee’s alleged leak of confidential business information to expand its claims.
An appeals court has found that a judge was not justified in dismissing a negligence case by a call centre worker who left her job over abusive phone calls, saying the judge failed to engage with the issues needed to decide the dispute.
Seven Network has told a court 13 women have come forward with complaints about television reporter Robert Ovadia since his dismissal in June.
The managing director of legal recruiter Mahlab allegedly told an employee representing a female client who had received an employment offer from Bayer that she should not “worry about the gender pay gap”, according to a new lawsuit.
The Fair Work Commission will conduct a review into whether rules for working from home for clerical workers are fit for purpose and foreshadowed potential changes in other sectors.
A former PricewaterhouseCoopers senior associate has resolved her suit alleging she was sacked after complaining of bullying by a supervisor on the firm’s diversity team.
A former human resources executive at Accenture is pushing back against an application by the consulting giant to suppress her employment case pending mediation, saying the cat is already out of the bag.
Engineering and construction firm Laing O’Rourke has been ordered to pay a former employee $1.5 million in loss and damages following his dismissal over false claims he was aggressive towards Stayz hosts who complained about a late night work party.
Transurban has reached a confidential settlement in a case by an employee alleging sexual harassment, the second employment suit the toll road operator has resolved this month by a female worker.
A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has reached a settlement in a case alleging she was involved in a $3.3 million scheme to defraud her husband’s employer.