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Sydney advisory and accounting firm Bentleys has been hit with a lawsuit by a former HR adviser alleging sexual assault, harassment and “exhibitionist and shocking behaviour” by a senior executive which left her with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Law firm Levitt Robinson is poised to bring a class action against the Western Australia government on behalf of detainees in the state's Banksia Hill detention centre as reports of excessive use of force and restraints emerge.
A former receptionist who allegedly suffered sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and managers has lost her bid to bring her case against Cricket Tasmania out of time, despite her claims of suffering ill mental health.
The Albanese government has introduced legislation that would require employers to proactively take steps to prevent sexual discrimination, harassment and victimisation in the workplace.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has dropped a High Court appeal seeking to overturn a Full Court judgment that found a tweet by refugee activist Shane Bazzi labeling him a "rape apologist" was not defamatory.
The first class action brought in Tasmania's Supreme Court is demanding compensation from the government for over 100 former child detainees of the state's controversial Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
A former managing director of adtech company Amobee can proceed with a complaint of disability discrimination by association, after he was fired for failing to disclose a relationship with an employee who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after a sexual assault by a senior executive.
The Productivity Commission has called for new laws that would allow traditional owners to take legal action when their cultural property is used without permission in the $250 million Aboriginal arts and crafts industry.
A judge has dismissed a proceeding against the New South Wales government over a mandate requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the applicant’s constitutional case was “legally misconceived and must be rejected.”
A former ANZ employee has won her bid to discover a range of documents in her long-running dispute with the bank over alleged discrimination related to her pregnancies with her first two children.