Posts tagged "high court"

The High Court was right to overturn Victoria's EV tax, writes John Quiggin, but there's a danger this decision will be extended to rule out any kind of road user charge.

Qantas acted unlawfully when it outsourced 1,700 ground staff during COVID-19 lockdowns because it effectively prevented affected workers from taking industrial action, the High Court has ruled, in a decision which upholds two prior court decisions against the airline.

The High Court has upheld the traditional understanding of sick leave entitlements for workers, overturning an earlier Federal Court ruling.

The Fair Work Ombudsman's four-year battle over wage theft at a Queensland mushroom farm has come to an anti-climactic end, with a labour hire company fined $22,440.

A worker sacked for a Facebook post has won an unfair dismissal bid, as social media at work continues to make headlines.

  The High Court has found a former accommodation provider in Western Australia breached sham contracting laws by trying to classify two em…

Coffee giant Vittoria has won a trademark dispute that went all the way to the High Court against one of its competitors, Caffe Molinari. Vi…

The High Court has held that a man who was fired after calling his co-workers “scabs” will not get his job back. BHP Coal fired Henk Doevend…

In an eagerly anticipated judgment this morning the High Court held a term of mutual trust and confidence should not be implied by law in em…

A federal public servant who was injured by a light-fitting while having sex on a work trip will now have her case heard in the High Court. …

The High Court has handed down a decision in the ongoing case between Google and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, saying …

The High Court has handed down a decision in the ongoing case between Google and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, saying …