Employment

Supermarket giant Woolworths has been hit with a lawsuit by a former senior executive who claims she was forced to work up to 90 hours per week and was subjected to a "boys club" culture.

A labour hire firm operated by BHP units has won a fight with a union over public holiday allowances and shift lengths for black coal mine workers, with an appeals court finding it's not necessary for workers to have the same holidays off.

Tronox has won its case against former employee who was found to have published confidential information on LinkedIn, with the employee also losing a recusal application that cited the judge’s Indigenous heritage.

Boral's former CEO Zlatko Tordorcevski and ex-CFO Tino La Spina have been granted discovery as they mull possible claims against their former employer for curbing their long-term incentive entitlements when they left in 2022.

A union has lost an appeal of a decision which found packaging company Opal Packaging was allowed to reintroduce drug and alcohol testing of staff under a new methodology while a union challenge was on foot.

EnergyAustralia has lost its appeal of a finding that it's on the hook for portable long service leave for maintenance workers at its Yallourn power station because its significant maintenance activities mean it's 'in the construction industry', a ruling that could affect energy, rail and telecommunications firms.

A judge has ruled that the initial trial in a union’s underpayments class action against McDonald’s will deal with a claim that it knowingly breached the Fair Work Act and that there was a systemic pattern of conduct.

The Full Court has tossed a former Neometals employee's appeal of his failed whistleblower case, finding the company did not believe he had made a protected disclosure when making him redundant despite the company conceding that the was "somebody who frequently raised issues".

Insolvency firm Cor Cordis has argued the "inordinate" task of producing WIP valuation documents in former chair Bruno Secatore's case should wait until the pleadings have been finalised and security determined.

An employment class action against McDonald's and its franchisees has won a last-minute bid to file evidence by three new witnesses after a key witness withdrew from the case.