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‘Pandemic has passed’: FWC finds employees can be forced back to office
The Fair Work Commission has found that a salary packaging provider had “reasonable business grounds” to force workers back to the office, rejecting an employee’s bid to work full-time from home. 
Rival class action to be filed against KFC over rest breaks
A leading plaintiff law firm will file a competing class action against KFC before the end of the year alleging the fast food giant denied workers rest breaks, after Gordon Legal filed a group proceeding late last month, a court has heard.
Union succeeds in excluding members from McDonald’s class action
A union has partially won a bid to exclude thousands of current and former members from a class action against McDonald’s, after losing a challenge that sought to ban all Fair Work group proceedings.
Ten wants to take spat over Lisa Wilkinson’s legal costs to Federal Court
Network Ten is pushing to transfer proceedings by TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson for coverage of her legal bill in a defamation case by accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann to the court hearing the former Liberal staffer's case.
Nothing wrong with judge’s reasons, law firm just didn’t like them, court told
Atanaskovic Hartnell was not hard done by in a judgment that ordered payment of entitlements to a former general manager and rejected its cross-claims against the woman, an appeals court has been told. The law firm was just unhappy with the decision.
Qantas found guilty of COVID-19 workplace safety breach
Qantas has been found guilty of a safety violation for standing down a worker who raised concerns about unsafe work conditions during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Atanaskovic Hartnell accuses judge of ‘complete failure’ to discharge duty
The judge who awarded more than $320,000 to a former general manager of Atanaskovic Hartnell after finding she endured a "campaign of denigration" by the law firm's founder fundamentally failed to discharge his judicial function, an appeals court has heard.
No-cost bill to remove ‘significant barrier’ to sexual harassment lawsuits, AG says
The Albanese government on Wednesday introduced legislation that would protect sexual harassment claimants from adverse costs orders in litigation, the latest step in its commitment to implementing the recommendations of a landmark report.
CEO advisory firm Teneo denies forcing talent scout to work 16-hour days
The Australian arm of global CEO advisory firm Teneo has rejected claims in a lawsuit by the former head of the company's APAC talent advisory division that it forced her to work unreasonable hours and says it fired her for "serious and wilful" misconduct.
MP Rebekha Sharkie seeks dismissal of ‘misconceived’ suit over alleged bullying
South Australian MP Rebekha Sharkie has asked a court to throw out a "misconceived" lawsuit by a former staffer accusing her of bullying, saying she is not an 'employer' under the Fair Work Act.