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Sydney Trains driver sacked for drinking deserves rehearing, Full Court says
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 rehearing, finding the Fair Work Commission failed to properly consider a section of its own founding legislation. 
No legal protection for emails in Shane Heal’s case against Sydney Flames
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 to protect his reputation and his employment with the WNBL club. 
Crown backpays $1.2M to employees wrongly classified as award-free
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 workers at its Melbourne and Perth locations for almost six years. 
Human rights lawyers can intervene in ATO whistleblower case
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 a March ruling that the former debt collection officer could not rely on statutory whistleblower protections
Useless to continue $400M underpayments class action against Tandem, judge says
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 the telco contractor entered administration.
Law firm Harmers wins strike-out bid in negligence suit by solicitor
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 negligent advice, but a court has given the solicitor a chance to replead his case.
Settlement in class action against CIMIC unit wins approval
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 approval.
Law firm can’t stop solicitor from opening rival practice within 50km
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 offices while its case is ongoing, with a judge saying the case raised a “real issue” of reasonableness, especially in light of a lawyer shortage in the town.
Bubs Australia sued by founder, ex-chairman after board spill
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 for breach of workplace rights.