A group of DP World workers previously found to have been “blindsided” by their dismissal for refusing a mandatory COVID-19 jab have failed in a bid to appeal a decision that found their reinstatement inappropriate.
A law firm investigating a group proceeding against non-bank lender Latitude over a data breach last year has called on the information commissioner to give an update on a related class action-style complaint.
A former senior manager at Deloitte terminated for alleged inappropriate conduct in the workplace has lost her bid to bring an unfair dismissal claim out of time, despite the Fair Work Commission finding her case had merit.
A Canberra massage parlour that systematically underpaid, intimidated and exploited migrant workers, including by threatening to kill their family members if they complained, has been hit with a $1 million penalty.
A former AlphaThorn investment manager has pleaded guilty to charges of forging performance reports for two products to woo potential investors.
Investment bank JP Morgan Securities has been fined $775,000 by the corporate cop after it failed to interrogate a number of unusual orders on wheat futures that should have raised red flags.
A veteran regulator with decades of government experience has been appointed to lead the Office of the Australian Information Commission amid a major overhaul of privacy laws and simmering controversies over AI, children’s privacy and data security.
A request to a female senior engineer for WSP to “get the coffees” during a client meeting did not amount to gender-based harassment, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting the engineer’s unfair dismissal claim.
Qantas will pay a $100 million penalty and another $20 million in compensation in a settlement of the ACCC’s so-called ghost flights case that includes an admission by the airline that it engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in selling tickets for cancelled flights.
A court has found Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial made false and misleading claims about its product, in a win for the corporate regulator and a likely boost for a class action against the Gold Coast-based digital currency company.