Judge rules restaurant manager wasn’t sacked because of his sexual orientation
A former restaurant manager who claimed he was dismissed due to his sexual orientation has had his adverse action claim thrown out by the Federal Circuit Court. Felix Mak, who worked for Brasserie Pty...
View ArticleUnderpayment allegations: Pie Face chief rejects “ridiculous” raid claims
Pie Face is the latest Australian company to come under scrutiny for allegedly underpaying workers on 457 visas. The allegations have become public after officials from the Department of Immigration...
View Article“Lackey” Metricon worker fails in Fair Work bullying claim
A site manager at building company Metricon has lost his bullying claim before the Fair Work Commission, with the body ruling there was not enough evidence to support his claims. The worker, referred...
View Article“Perfect storm”: SMEs in firing line as class actions soar to almost $1 billion
The amount of class action settlements in Australia has soared in the last year and SMEs are at risk, according to data published today by King & Wood Mallesons. The Review: Class Actions in...
View ArticleGPS website could lead you up the garden path, consumer watchdog warns
Small businesses and consumers are being warned against using a UK-based retail business that purports to sell GPS and other navigation systems for cars in Australia after the New South Wales Fair...
View ArticleFour accused of $4 million ‘boiler room’ fraud: How to make sure your...
Four men allegedly involved in a boiler room scam have been charged with defrauding around 150 people into handing over more than $4 million. The deception allegedly occurred over an 18-month period...
View ArticleFearocious fate: Food delivery business collapses into voluntary administration
A gourmet food company that delivers produce to small businesses across NSW has gone into voluntary administration. Fearocious Buying Co, which trades as The Fearocious Feed, has been distributing food...
View ArticleCourt upholds compo claim for worker injured at after-hours party
The New South Wales Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the Workers Compensation Commission to award a former employee at a photography studio compensation after she injured herself at a work...
View ArticleMelbourne fast food shop short-changes workers $46,000
A fast food restaurant in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill that was found to have underpaid about eight workers $46,000 over the course of a little more than a year claims it had no idea about...
View ArticleFormer BHP worker wins $45,000 compo after being sacked over leaking fuel tank
A former BHP Billiton worker has been awarded more than $45,000 in compensation after winning his unfair dismissal case before the Fair Work Commission. Jason Schmidt, who worked at BHP Coal at the...
View ArticleGoing nuts over spilt milk: Maker sued because almond milk is only 2% almonds
Two global milk producers are being forced to defend the packaging of their products, with US consumers attempting to sue because their brands of almond milk contain just 2% of actual almonds. Filed...
View ArticleFormer worker awarded $170,000 compo in disability discrimination case
A former employee at Corrective Services NSW has been awarded more than $170,000 in compensation after the Federal Circuit Court found she had been unlawfully discriminated against. The court ruled...
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Family business fined $10,000 for telling porkies about bacon’s origin
A smallgoods business in South Australia has been fined more than $10,000 for potentially misleading consumers about about the origin of a batch of its bacon. Conroy’s Smallgoods, a family-owned...
View ArticleAussie retailer fined $17,500 for anti-competitive behaviour
An online retailer specialising in kitchen appliances has been slapped with a $17,500 fine for engaging in resale price maintenance. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission initiated legal...
View ArticleSteak claim: Questions raised over Aldi’s ‘grass-fed’ beef
Aldi has been accused of potentially misleading customers and undercutting other beef producers because of the food labelling on its prize-winning ‘grass-fed’ beef cuts. A Fairfax investigation into...
View ArticleLux fined $370,000 for "unconscionable" vacuum cleaner sale
A vacuum cleaner distributor has been ordered to pay $370,000 in penalties after one of its sales representatives was found to have acted unconscionably when selling vacuum cleaners to three elderly...
View ArticleFormer Kleenmaid director pleads guilty to dishonest conduct and insolvent...
The former director of collapsed whitegoods distribution company Kleenmaid has pleaded guilty to three charges relating to company’s collapse. Gary Collyer Armstrong appeared before Brisbane District...
View ArticleMasterchef’s Gary Mehigan sued over $167,000 in allegedly unpaid construction...
High-profile chef and businessman Gary Mehigan will fight claims he and his business partners have left a Melbourne builder hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket. Builder Robert Pavlovic is...
View ArticlePower down: WA electrical contractor collapses into voluntary administration
A Western Australian electrical contractor that has been operating for more than 30 years and supplied machinery for mining in the Pilbara region has collapsed into voluntary administration. Cape Range...
View ArticleFormer Hewlett-Packard PA jailed for racking up $950,000 on boss’s company...
A former employee at software company Hewlett-Packard has been sentenced to almost two years in prison after using company credit cards to buy luxury clothing, Apple products and even a trip to...
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