Today
‘What email?’: Inside Slater and Gordon’s workplace meltdown
An all-staff email featuring the pay details of more than 900 staff has ricocheted around a law firm already torn between its private equity owner and trade union heritage.
Yesterday
Slaters staff (CEO included) shared rogue email 300 times in an hour
In an emergency meeting, Slater and Gordon chief executive Dina Tutungi said allegations in a rogue email were “rubbish” and her wage was exaggerated by a “shitload”.
February
Ambulance chasers circle Slater and Gordon over email leak
Hopefully the firm has learnt something about being on the other side in its long history of fighting similar matters on behalf of workers.
Second Slater and Gordon HR manager sues firm
Former payroll manager Bridgett Maddox is suing Slater and Gordon and alleges she was sacked after reporting a decade-long underpayment.
‘No contact’: Ex-law firm staffer named in rogue email metadata
A former Slater and Gordon employee whose name appeared in the metadata of the email that triggered a crisis at the firm says they had nothing to do with it.
Slater insiders say only a few could have accessed leaked payroll data
Insiders say the spreadsheet that detailed the pay of the law firm’s entire workforce could only have been generated by a small number of staff and accessed by a few senior executives.
Slater and Gordon and Fair Work Commission strengthen ties
The path from plaintiff law firms to the FWC is a well-trodden one, and the chief executive’s partner is no exception.
Slater & Gordon email reveals CEO’s mansion excesses
Senior executives celebrated Christmas at the outer Melbourne mansion with a private chef last year.
Ex-exec in law firm rogue email crisis says clue to sender is obvious
Former HR executive at Slater and Gordon, Mari Ruiz-Matthyssen, has gone public for the first time since an email with workers’ salaries was sent to all staff.
Slater and Gordon says ‘lone wolf’ was behind rogue email
A rogue email that has become public that details the pay of every one of the firm’s 900-plus staff has left them outraged.
Slater and Gordon mass email scandal is lawyer against lawyer
A law firm should know better than to sweep away something 900-plus lawyers are talking about.
Slater and Gordon to make police report over mass email revealing salaries
The email sent to hundreds of Slater and Gordon staff purports to reveal all staff members’ salaries and performance ratings, as well as the outgoing head of HR’s views on key managers.
December 2024
Slater & Gordon staff win pay rise of up to 22pc
Long-running pay negotiations between the Labor-aligned legal firm and staff have ended without a key union demand being met.
November 2024
Union slams ‘shameful’ Slater & Gordon offer after pay talks fail
Slater & Gordon has put a pay deal direct to staff, after Fair Work-brokered negotiations failed on Wednesday.
Former Slater & Gordon HR boss alleges firm knew about underpayments
In July, the Labor-aligned law firm disclosed a decade-long miscalculation of leave, which had left staff out of pocket. It attributed this to human error.
July 2024
Workers’ rights law firm admits to underpaying staff $300,000
Prominent class action firm Slater & Gordon says there are “no excuses” for the underpayment which was due to a decade-long miscalculation of leave entitlements.
May 2024
IAG hit with discounting class action in latest legal headache
The insurance giant says it will defend the Slater and Gordon lawsuit alleging that customers were duped about discounts.
February 2024
Sensitive Optus documents shared as hard copies in class action suit
Documents to be used in a class action battle over Optus’ 2022 cyberattack will be assigned a traffic light colour, with red for highly confidential information.
November 2023
Optus appeals judgment in battle to keep Deloitte report secret
The telco is appealing a court ruling that could lead to the release of a forensic report into last year’s cyberattack, as a review into the latest outage gets under way.
July 2023
CBA’s former wealth arm settles class action for $100m
If approved by the court, the Colonial First State settlement will be the highest ever obtained by plaintiff law firm Slater and Gordon in a class action.