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Slater and Gordon takes injury lawyer to court over client poaching claims
Employment 2020-08-31 10:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Slater and Gordon has brought proceedings against a sacked principal lawyer who led the firm’s largest practice in its Penrith, NSW office, seeking injunctions to […]

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Lawyer releases AMP sexual harassment findings amid firm’s ‘corporate spin’
Employment 2020-08-31 4:25 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A lawyer acting for former AMP employee Julia Szlakowski has accused the company of a lack of transparency and has released the findings of the […]

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Facing lawsuit, Woolworths reverses position in pay dispute with union
Employment 2020-08-26 5:42 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Woolworths has agreed to fast-track retail employee pay increases after a union hit the supermarket giant with a lawsuit this week. The Shop, Distributive and […]

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$1.9M Appco class action settlement to provide ‘limited’ recovery for charity workers
Employment 2020-08-26 1:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A $65 million sham contracting class action against fundraising company Appco has settled for just $1.9 million, leaving the company’s allegedly underpaid army of sales […]

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Dan Murphy’s, BWS may face underpayments class action
Employment 2020-08-24 4:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Woolworths-owned liquor store chains BWS and Dan Murphy’s are facing a class action investigation for allegedly underpaying staff. Adero Law, which has already filed a […]

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Gov’t refuses mediation with James Ashby over $4M legal bill in sex harassment case
Employment 2020-08-21 2:00 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth has told a court it will not sit down for mediation talks with One Nation chief-of-staff James Ashby as he seeks to recoup […]

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‘Deliberate exploitation’: On The Run fined $65k for denying worker meal and toilet breaks
Employment 2020-08-20 3:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

The employing entity for convenience store chain On The Run has been slapped with a penalty of almost $65,000 for underpaying and failing to provide […]

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Marketing company Aida settles sham contracting group action
Employment 2020-08-20 2:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

International direct marketing company Aida Sales and Marketing has settled a multimillion-dollar group action accusing it of engaging in wage theft and sham contracting. The […]

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Meriton settles with sacked general counsel, says case was a ‘misunderstanding’
Employment 2020-08-19 5:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Billionaire real estate developer Harry Triguboff and his company Meriton have settled a dispute with the former group general counsel of the property giant, who […]

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Union threatens ‘wave of class actions’ against universities for underpayments
Education 2020-08-18 2:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The National Tertiary Education Union has launched a class action investigation against Australia’s universities for alleged wage theft, the latest sector to be engulfed by […]

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