A Slater and Gordon HR chief sacked for allegedly misleading its board about underpaid leave entitlements of more than $300,000 is accusing it in a Federal Court adverse action case of retaliating in response to "whistleblower" disclosures.
Deputy PM Richard Marles' chief of staff today called for changes to practices used by the new Parliamentary Workplace Support Service, as she launched an adverse action claim against him and the PM's chief of staff over alleged bullying and victimisation within her workplace.
ASX-listed gaming giant Tabcorp "blindsided" former chief executive Adam Rytenskild with allegations of making an "inappropriate and offensive comment" about the female leader of a gambling regulator and then forced him to resign, the FWC has found.
A FWC presidential has found himself "astounded" by advice from a worker's lawyers, who "appear to have advised or allowed her to engage in a very high stakes game" by presenting her employer with an ultimatum that threatened her employment and resulted in her dismissal.
A federal court full bench has remitted a case for retrial after a judge facing impending retirement reproduced "significant" portions of a worker's submissions without attribution in an adverse action case and failed to "bring an independent mind" to his determination.
The former acting principal of a Sydney Islamic school has won a court order fixing costs at $40,000 as she pursues its leadership for allegedly subjecting her to s-x, racial and pregnancy discrimination, including by telling her she should stay home and look after her children.
The Federal Court has suppressed a Channel Seven producer's statement of claim and other documents lodged in connection with her general protections claim, saying that releasing details of alleged workplace behaviours would reduce the chances of achieving a mediated outcome by taking a "bargaining chip" off the table.
An employer has won a rare costs order against an experienced paid agent after the FWC agreed that he should "never" have run a pregnancy discrimination case given there was no evidence the on-hire worker was ever dismissed.
A NDIS provider has refuted allegations it took unlawful adverse action by sacking a worker because of her autism spectrum disorder, with a FWC consent arbitration finding her efforts to rescue a dog and dispose of a client's medication exceeded the scope of her duties.
In a case highlighting the need for employers to precisely identify decision-makers when defending adverse action matters, the Federal Court has expanded an academic's claim after accepting that a judge failed to "isolate" who at a leading university was responsible for making allegations of serious misconduct.
