Cover your bases with this workplace law checklist
Run through your employee policies, processes, and procedures with this handy checklist from lawyer Shane Koelmayer.
Employer ordered to pay $150,000 to employee who was sexually harrassed at work
The employer was ordered to pay the damages to a former employee for failing to take reasonable precautions to prevent her from being sexually harassed in the workplace.
ACCC raises fears online marketplaces are boosting their own listings ahead of small business sellers
The ACCC is concerned online marketplaces like Amazon, Kogan, Catch, and eBay Australia may "self-preference" their own goods over the listings of third-party sellers.
Working from home: The legal requirements all business owners need to be across
When it comes to setting up your business and team for regular working from home, there are a number of foundational legal requirements that need to be addressed.
ACCC takes Uber to court over ‘misleading’ and ‘deceptive’ app messages
Uber has admitted it breached Australian Consumer Law through cancellation warning messages and Uber Taxi fare estimates.
Gold Coast surgeon wins $450,000 defamation case that highlights the damage caused by online reviews
Small businesses owners have been advised to keep an eye on their online reviews, after a high-profile defamation suit between Gold Coast surgeons resulted in a $450,000 payout.
Pay-as-you-feel restaurant Lentil as Anything may have illegally traded for three years: Report
The Lentil as Anything group went into administration in February of this year, leaving behind staff owed more than $369,000 in unpaid wages.
NAB employee accuses big four bank of “boys’ club” culture, bullying and pay discrimination
A longtime NAB employee has accused the company of failing to act on reports of her manager’s poor behaviour, in a federal case that shines a spotlight on an alleged “boys' club” culture at Australia’s biggest banks.
US man awarded US$450,000 after company threw him a birthday party against his will
A worker in the US claimed an unwanted office birthday party led to a series of panic attacks.
Australian BNPL operator Pay It Later accused of owing small businesses as co-owner seeks company wind-up
A group of small business owners have accused Australian buy now, pay later firm Pay It Later of withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales revenue.
PwC wage transparency push could improve women’s compensation, experts say
Workplace relations experts say changes to pay transparency policy could put more weight behind levers available to close the gender pay gap.
Coles and Woolworths facing nearly $500 million in claims in ‘marathon’ underpayments case
Coles and Woolworths are set to face a seven-week-long Federal Court case over employee underpayments after a judge ordered that four separate cases could be heard as one.