Tasmanian real estate agency in court over misleading ad for ‘waterfront’...
A Tasmanian real estate agency has fronted up to the Hobart Magistrates Court over allegations it falsely advertised properties as being on the ‘waterfront’, including one home that was separated from...
View ArticleColes hit with $2.5 million fine for fresh bread claims; Business confidence...
Coles has been hit with $2.5 million in penalties for falsely claiming its bread was “baked today” and made in-store. The fine, which was handed down by the Federal Court this morning, comes after the...
View ArticleRestaurant served $17,000 fine for “disgraceful” treatment of foreign chef
A restaurant in regional Victoria has been slapped with a fine of more than $17,000 for its “disgraceful” treatment of a foreign chef. Saporitalia, an Italian restaurant in Lorne, has been fined...
View ArticleOutcry over Coles “laughable” $2.5 million fine
Coles was ordered to cough up a $2.5 million penalty in the Federal Court on Friday afternoon, ending a two-year battle with the consumer watchdog over the false and misleading claims it made about its...
View ArticleConsumer Affairs forces shonky SEO business to close
A Melbourne-based graphic design and search engine optimisation business has been forced to close and its director has been banned from managing a corporation for six years, following action by...
View ArticleUber chief hits back at work safety claims: Will letting your employees use...
Letting your employees catch an UberX ride instead of a taxi home after a work function could breach your duty of care and could potentially open you up to criminal penalties, workplace lawyers Holding...
View ArticleManager’s verbal attack not breach of contract: “You’re useless. You’re...
A Victorian public servant who was verbally attacked by a manager, including being told he was a “piece of sh-t” and like “f-cking cancer”, has lost both a breach of contract claim and an adverse...
View ArticleFormer IBM employee ordered to pay $150,000 after failing in maternity...
A former IBM employee has been ordered to pay legal costs of $150,000 after failing to convince the Federal Circuit Court she was discriminated against after she returned to work from maternity leave....
View ArticleNando’s restaurant grilled for withholding Korean worker’s wages
A Nando’s restaurant in Brisbane has been caught withholding the wages of a new staff member in a bid to keep them on the job for at least three months. The former employee, who was a 25-year-old...
View ArticleFair Work rules manager unfairly dismissed despite costing retailer $600,000:...
Tobacco retailer Freechoice has hit out at Australia’s “very broken” workplace relations system after the Fair Work Commission ruled one of its former employees was unfairly dismissed despite being...
View ArticleHoly moly: Employee with a half-shaven beard and a hole in his trousers wins...
The Fair Work Commission has ordered a small business with 13 employees to pay $6016 in compensation in an unfair dismissal case involving a former employee who delivered products to customers with a...
View ArticleFederal Court slams Advanced Medical Institute for putting the hard word on...
A medical clinic that told erectile dysfunction patients their penises could shrink if they did not seek treatment has been found guilty of unconscionable conduct in the Federal Court. Justice Anthony...
View Article“None of it is true”: Wellness blogger Belle Gibson admits she never had cancer
Wellness app developer and blogger Belle Gibson has admitted she invented multiple cancer diagnoses in an exclusive interview with the Australian Women’s Weekly magazine. Gibson rose to fame in 2011...
View ArticleDeals site Spreets cops $600,000 fine for false and misleading representations
Discount deals site Spreets must pay a fine of $600,000 to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for making false or misleading representations to consumers, the Federal Court has ruled....
View ArticleWorker who held broken glass to colleague’s throat loses unfair dismissal bid
A mining site worker in the Pilbara who held a piece of broken glass to the throat of his co-worker has lost his unfair dismissal claim before the Fair Work Commission, after he argued his actions were...
View ArticleBianca Rinehart accuses mother Gina of withholding information in bitter...
Bianca Rinehart, daughter of Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart, has accused her mother of withholding information in court, amidst their ongoing legal dispute in the Federal Court over the...
View ArticleACCC pulls up EA Games for potentially misleading customers on refunds for...
The world’s third largest developer of video games has been slapped on the wrist by the Australian competition watchdog for potentially misleading customers about their right to a refund. Electronic...
View ArticleSmall business owner stung with $15,000 fine for pulling the wool over his...
A former wool buyer has been handed a $15,000 penalty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court for deceiving two clients into buying what they thought were 36 bales of pure Merino wool fleece. Ian Kenneth...
View ArticleManager who sent “aggressive and abusive” LinkedIn emails loses unfair...
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an unfair dismissal bid by a transport company manager who allegedly sent threatening emails from his LinkedIn account, which was linked to his position with the...
View ArticleConvicted sex offender who asked to work from jail loses unfair dismissal...
A former Australian Tax Office employee who asked if he could work from jail after he was sentenced to three years imprisonment for a sex crime has lost an appeal to win back his job at the ATO. Kevin...
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