Reservations about a neuroscientist's "candour" have not stopped a court from agreeing to hear his late application alleging Australia's leading brain research institute forced him to resign after he raised concerns about funding expenditure, while he at the same time defends claims that he "misused" confidential information.
In what the ETU is calling a landmark judgment about trainees' rights, a full Federal Court majority has upheld penalties levied against two companies who stopped organisers entering their premises to speak to apprentices on the basis they were not at "work".
Tugboat operator Svitzer Australia must pay $15,000 damages to a former port manager sacked because its national HR manager perceived him as "not grateful enough" about efforts to ensure his continuing employment during a restructure.
In a ruling clarifying what payments employers can withhold during strikes, a court has determined that Chevron unlawfully subtracted a transport allowance due to FIFO workers bargaining at its West Australian LNG operations in 2023.
Lawyers to oppose HR manager's reinstatement; "Apprehension of bias well-founded": Judge; Sham contracting case shelved; and Train drivers not "systematically overworked": Full court.
A court has declined to hear discrimination cases brought by three health workers sacked mid-pandemic for refusing COVID-19 jabs, finding no merit in their arguments that being unvaccinated should be treated as a disability.
A former ANZ executive found to be "persona non grata" in the industry has been cleared to recover millions in bonuses withheld after his sacking for sending lewd messages, but has otherwise failed in his six-year-long case to win whistleblower protections or sustain arguments that the bank took unlawful adverse action.
A court has awarded more than $500,000 in penalties to an 80-year-old former pistol club manager paid for more than a decade just $250 a week, from which the employer deducted $100 as rent for the on-site mobile home she lived in with her disabled son.
The Federal Court has run out of patience with a litigious solicitor whose numerous cases include "scandalous" allegations about a law firm and a FWC member, effectively blocking him from pursuing any further claims, to safeguard the legal system's "finite resources".
The TWU has pledged to fight FedEx like it did Qantas, after filing a Federal Court adverse action case accusing the logistics giant of cancelling the overtime of workers who took protected action and withdrawing approval to attend a delegates' conference.
