The protective scope of whistleblower laws will be tested in a $13 million suit brought by a former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner allegedly sacked for complaining about the tax avoidance strategy of construction giant Lendlease, the advisory firm’s biggest client.
Bannister Law principal Charles Bannister has been hit with a lawsuit by a former office manager who alleges she was made to work while on leave following a workplace injury.
The entity that employs the workforce of the On The Run convenience store chain has agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle a class action accusing it of underpaying over 8,000 workers over a six-year period.
A judge has approved a $6.4 million settlement in a class action on behalf of Papua New Guinea workers against labour hire firm CoreStaff, despite the agreement allotting less than half the proceeds to group members.
A judge has blasted Domino’s for its obstructionism in an underpayments class action and promised to order the pizza franchise giant to hand over information on its stores to facilitate settlement.
A barristers’ clerk has reached a confidential agreement with a Melbourne-based chambers to resolve a lawsuit alleging she was fired for wanting to work from home.
A Victoria-based barrister has been taken to court by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying a paralegal.
A judge has found that Telstra cannot be held liable for the sexually harassing conduct of a former employee who allegedly accessed confidential contact information to launch a four-year campaign of harassment against his next-door neighbours.
The sacked boss of fleet management Orix Australia, who is seeking $1 million in unpaid leave, wants to challenge a decision allowing the company’s defence that anything it owes is set off by the losses the former CEO allegedly caused.
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has begrudgingly overturned a ruling that found a Deliveroo driver who was axed for not working fast enough was an employee, saying a recent High Court judgment required it to “close our eyes” to the reality of gig economy work.