Mystery surrounds legal action taken by the City of Perth’s former top lawyer who is suing the council for wrongful termination. She also claims her employer failed to offer her protections under Western Australia's whistleblower laws. Wrongful termination Michelle Antonio…
A Victorian man has filed an age discrimination complaint with the United Nations over the National Disability Scheme (NDIS) age cap. The day someone turns 65, they can no longer apply for the NDIS. NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has publicly…
The former operator of a Bondi bar and restaurant has been slugged with a huge $164,635 penalty for 'extensive and deliberate' wage theft. The company failed to comply with Compliance Notices requiring it to back-pay eight workers a total of…
A former senior manager at the Bureau of Meteorology claims she was sacked through an illegal sham redundancy. The bureau sacked the woman after she took two days of approved personal leave while attending a work conference in Paris. BoM…
A chef was ripped off by an Albury cafe owner the workplace regulator alleges. The Fair Work Ombudsman is taking legal action over the alleged wage theft and alleged pay slip breaches. Chef allegedly ripped off by cafe owner Facing…
There's a tough new wage theft cop on the beat and she's already put big business on notice to get their payroll systems in order. She has warned employers against blaming "overly bureaucratic" or "complex payroll systems" for regular wage…
A gay chef accused of sexual harassment has won his unfair dismissasl claim and $16,000 compensation. The man denied in the Fair Work Commission that he was attracted to women - he therefore argued that his female colleagues claims of…
Brownport Almonds, one of Australia's biggest nut growers and processors, has been ordered to back-pay 200 workers more than $500,000. It must also make a $50,000 "contrition payment" to the Commonwealth government as punishment for the wage theft. How Brownport…
A McDonald's manager has had his unfair dismissal claim thrown out because he earned too much money. Since 1 July, the Fair Work Commission will only hear dismissal cases from workers who earn less than $167,500. McDonald's manager's loses dismissal…
The Fair Work Ombudsman is this week targeting food outlets in the western suburbs of Adelaide with surprise inspections. The regulator is checking that the 'cheap eat' venues in the region are paying proper wages and entitlements and keeping proper…
