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$200K payout after "deliberate" shop steward sacking

A court has ordered an employer to pay more than $200,000 in compensation and penalties for its "deliberate" sacking of two delegates, finding that the dismissals signalled to other employees that engaging with unions could have "serious consequences".

Cody succeeds Jenkins as sex discrimination commissioner

Academic and lawyer Anna Cody is set to succeed Kate Jenkins as Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner.

"Innocuous" questions could be discriminatory: Tribunal

A UK tribunal has found that a job interviewer asked seven questions that could be "reasonable and entirely innocuous" individually, but cumulatively could constitute racial discrimination.

Solicitor free to re-plead damages claim against law firm: Court

A solicitor has been granted permission to re-plead his damages claim against Harmers Workplace Lawyers for allegedly mishandling a discrimination case against his former firm.

Worker sacked because of ADHD and autism: Court

A court has found that Sydney Trains unlawfully discriminated against a worker when it sacked her after finding out that she had ADHD and autism.

Individual-based anti-bias regime a barrier to change: Academic

Individual age discrimination complaints have "fundamental limitations for achieving systemic change" and should be supported by other regulatory tools, greater transparency and collective action, an academic says.

"Invidious choice" under new harassment laws: Expert

Workers s-xually harassed before the Secure Jobs, Better Pay changes came into effect in March will have to choose whether to omit complaints for conduct that occurred before that time to use the new provisions, or "make a potentially less advantageous application" using the old provisions, according to an employment law expert.