Legal
Kelly O’Dwyer intervenes in Federal Court case over “double dipping” casuals
Jobs and Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O’Dwyer will intervene in a test-case before the Federal Court about whether casual workers a…
Lloyds Auctioneers fined $37,800 over excessive surcharge allegations on big ticket auction items
Queensland-based auction business Lloyds Auctioneers has paid a $37,800 fine over allegations its customers paid hundreds of dollars in exce…
Coco’s Restaurant taken to Court over allegations director said worker looked “disgusting”
Perth-based Coco’s Restaurant has been taken to Court over allegations it discriminated against a pregnant casual waitress by cutting her …
Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban helped convince Elon Musk to settle with the SEC
Embattled entrepreneur Elon Musk has had a pretty tumultuous few months.
In September the eccentric billionaire agreed to fork out $US20 …
Business ordered to rehire worker it sacked for operating a side business on company time: A lesson in proper dismissal procedure
A Melbourne-based businessman has conceded he jumped the gun in firing a worker for operating a side business on company time, after being o…
Sexual harassment must be prohibited under industrial law to drive real workplace change
It’s a year since the stories of now-disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein first began to hit the headlines.
The #MeToo movemen…
Sushi blitz: Fair Work Ombudsman recovers $746,000 in unpaid wages in targeted audit
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has asked consumers to consider the real price of cheap food after recovering $746,203 in unpaid wages for alm…
ASIC reveals priorities: Corporate regulator lists small business concerns as area of focus
Corporate regulator ASIC has published a report on its areas of focus for the next four years, naming small business as one of its chief con…
Company directors required to sign up for identification numbers under new anti-phoenixing scheme
Australian company directors will be required to sign up to a new identification scheme designed to curb illegal phoenixing activity under n…
Employee ordered to pay thousands in legal costs after dismissal claims found to be “without reasonable cause”
A former employee was ordered to pay his employer’s legal costs of more $12,000 after the Federal Circuit Court of Australia found the emp…
