Former childcare centre owner slammed for allegedly paying workers $2.15 an hour
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court against the former owner of a Sydney childcare centre, who it says paid employees as little as $2.15 an hour. The...
View ArticleEmployer off the hook for Christmas party cruise king hit
The Queensland Supreme Court has ruled that an employer is not liable for an employee injured by a king hit during a Christmas party. Jay Packer was hospitalised and had to have two plates inserted and...
View ArticleManager defrauds business to tune of $1 million: How your business can...
The former manager of a street furniture manufacturer has been ordered to repay more than $1 million after fraud of “a most egregious kind”. Benjamin Dickson was the production and manufacturing...
View ArticleFull Federal Court hands down decision in computer software payments case
The Full Federal Court has handed down its decision in the Task Technology case. In dismissing the appeal, the court confirmed the computer software payments in dispute were subject to royalty...
View ArticleSacked business co-founder wins $1.6 million payout
The co-founder of mining company Central Petroleum has been awarded almost $1.6 million in damages for unfair dismissal. John Heugh started the business with Richard Faull and didn’t draw a salary in...
View ArticleLandmark High Court ruling finds no implied trust in employment contracts
In an eagerly anticipated judgment this morning the High Court held a term of mutual trust and confidence should not be implied by law in employment contracts. The court unanimously allowed an appeal...
View ArticleThermomix “deeply sorry” for product mishap that left angry customers in a spin
Thermomix customers hand over almost $2000 for the high-tech appliance, but a lack of warning over the introduction of a new model could end up being an expensive mistake for the brand. Thermomix...
View ArticleThe spicy case of the former MasterChef contestant who defeated a $7.6...
Former MasterChef Australia contestant Aaron Thomas has settled a proceeding which claimed he embezzled more than $US7 million ($7.6 million) from the company he founded. Thomas, 26, appeared in the...
View ArticleTasmanian bakery ordered to back-pay staff almost $80,000
A Tasmanian business has back-paid staff almost $80,000 after a Fair Work investigation found it had failed to pay its employees the correct rates. Daci & Daci Bakers, a bakery and restaurant in...
View ArticleTalking to the media not a workplace right says court
The Federal Court has ruled it is not a workplace right for employees to talk to the media, after a prison guard allowed a union to include her comments about the conditions of her workplace in a media...
View ArticleMelbourne gourmet food manufacturer finds more trouble with employment watchdog
A Melbourne company that previously found itself at the centre of a workplace bullying controversy has been forced to back-pay staff almost $20,000 by the Fair Work Ombudsman. Kanodia Nominees, which...
View ArticlePot smoking ferry driver’s reinstatement overturned
A Sydney ferry driver, who had won his job back after getting the sack for crashing his boat into a wharf and then failing a drug test, has had his reinstatement overturned by the full bench of the...
View ArticleNo pumping iron on the balcony during work hours: Fair Work flexes its...
The Fair Work Commission has ordered a male employee to stop exercising on a balcony in front of one of his female colleagues, in an example of just how wide-reaching the commission’s powers are under...
View ArticleBreast screening business fined $200,000 for misleading conduct
A Perth breast screening clinic and its sole director have been ordered to pay $250,000 in penalties for breaching Australian Consumer Law. The Federal Court delivered its verdict in the long-running...
View ArticleSydney financial adviser convicted of $3.6 million fraud walks away with...
A Sydney businesswoman has escaped a jail sentence despite being convicted of a $3.6 million home loan fraud. Following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Shashi...
View ArticleDodgy deep fryer and feeble folding stools: ACCC takes Woolies to court
Australia’s consumer watchdog is taking supermarket giant Woolworths to court over several unsafe products, including a deep fryer that allegedly burnt customers and a folding stool that could not...
View Article“Get f-cked”: Swearing wharfie loses unfair dismissal case
The Fair Work Commission has ruled an employer was within its rights to dismiss an employee who told his colleagues to “get f-cked”, in a case that gives new meaning to the adage ‘swearing like a...
View ArticleRadio station ordered to pay $60,000 to employees it treated as volunteers
A Melbourne radio station has been ordered to back-pay two former staff members more than $60,000 in outstanding wages and entitlements after it paid them just $20 for each program they produced and...
View ArticleATO worker loses compensation bid after being reprimanded for long breaks to...
A Canberra public servant has lost their bid for workplace compensation, with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruling the employee’s supervisor acted reasonably in response to suggestions she...
View ArticleEmployee sacked over “anti-Muslim” email pockets $29,000 compo
A 65-year-old employee who was sacked for sending an email about Muslim radicals with the subject line, ‘World War 3 – PASS IT ON’ from his work email account has been awarded $29,000 due to his poor...
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