Former asbestos producer James Hardie has been ordered to pay exemplary damages for the first time in Australia, a South Australian District Court ruling the company was driven by a "thirst for profit" when it continued to sell asbestos products despite knowing they could kill.
A university and its HR department embroiled in accusations of bullying between law school academics have been granted the right to engage lawyers to defend the claims.
NSW's Berejiklian Government has been forced to discontinue its Supreme Court action against the RTBU for last week's 24-hour wildcat bus strike because it pursued the wrong branch of the union.
Former ACTU secretary and Labor Minister Greg Combet has fired down his first bouncer as advisor to Australian cricketers in their pay dispute, accusing Cricket Australia chairman and former Rio Tinto chief David Peever of "dismissing out of hand" attempts to bring in a mediator.
The FWC has confirmed that 117 employees made redundant by a South Australian car manufacturing company will receive payments in lieu of notice as part of a redundancy package agreed to in their enterprise agreement.
Queensland's IR Minister Grace Grace today vowed to "drive out (the) cheaters and rorters" in the labour hire industry with the introduction of legislation requiring companies to hold annually-renewable licences.
Queensland's peak taxi body has hit out at state laws passed overnight extending licensing and safety restrictions to ride-share services, while a Victorian counterpart says it is concerned that new protections in that state will be undermined by an inability to enforce compliance.
The Federal Circuit Court has ordered a company to pay more than $7,000 in unpaid wages and super to a student visa holder after hearing evidence of a deliberate scheme to exploit young international students working in Australia.
The FWC has called on employers to introduce a greater range of disciplinary options like fines and unpaid suspensions into agreements to avoid "inappropriately lenient or inappropriately harsh" responses to misconduct that are problematic for all parties concerned.
Contested-facts dismissal case should have gone to hearing: Bench; Member's "significant error" in considering legal representation; FWC rejects employer's costs bid in Coty "ugly emails" case.
