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No IR protections for sacked public health CEO: Court

A former public health service chief executive who claimed discrimination on the basis of "severe depression" has failed to overturn a tribunal's finding that it lacks the power to hear his bid for reinstatement and compensation.

Economics professor's workplace missteps continue to add up

A former economics professor's troubled relationship with workplace laws has continued, after a court accepted that he "actively" managed an underpaying grocery store previously fined for similar breaches.

Aldi accused of denying parental leave to male manager

A senior Aldi manager challenging the legality of being denied primary carer's leave under the retailer's apparently rebranded parental leave policy is suing the supermarket giant for discrimination, after it allegedly brought his redundancy forward and cut 26 weeks off his payout while he was on leave.

ABCC counsel missed "disgusting" homophobic slur: Judge

A judge has in slugging a CFMMEU organiser with a $12,500 personal fine speculated that counsel for the ABCC may have led a "sheltered" existence in not appreciating that the official had aimed a "quite disgusting" homophobic slur at a project's safety adviser.

Suspended cardiologist seeks court bypass

An eminent cardiologist facing multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards colleagues and patients, including that he said he did not "give a shit" about a patient's pacemaker, is seeking court orders calling off an investigation and revoking his suspension.

High Court to consider vax mandate appeal

The High Court will next month consider whether to grant special leave to hear the first appeal to reach its doors over government COVID-19 vaccination mandates.

Court rejects bid to bin mask objector's case

In a case involving one lawyer accusing another of being "either breathtakingly stupid or complicit in the ongoing fraud", a Federal Court judge has today refused to throw out an adverse action case brought by a storeperson sacked for refusing to wear a mask.

Woolworths fined $10,000 for adverse action

In the first case of its kind against Woolworths, the retailer has today been ordered to pay an unregistered union $10,000 after a court found the supermarket breached workplace laws by pressuring a delegate who raised concerns about car park safety.


FWO case runs into High Court contractor ruling

The FWO has lost its appeal against a finding that four allegedly underpaid delivery drivers were independent contractors rather than employees, the judge observing that the case was "much harder" to decide than the recent High Court ruling that guided him.