This Month
Manager to pay $500k for stealing clients and mowing his phone
Craig Martin faces the rare damages order over his move to a rival firm after his phones were immersed in water or “met with the unhappy fate of being run over by a lawn mower”.
- David Marin-Guzman
September
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Brookfield fired manager on maternity leave, kept replacement: lawsuit
Kelly Dyball also accuses the builder of cutting her project bonus by 20 per cent by unlawfully subtracting time spent on paid parental leave.
- David Marin-Guzman
Dentons CEO to fight anti-vax, antisemitism claims
Dentons chief executive Doug Stipanicev has stepped down after he was accused of ignoring bullying allegations and sending a conspiratorial report.
- Maxim Shanahan
- Exclusive
- Hotels
Embattled pubs owner hasn’t paid super to staff all year
Property developer Virtical, facing an investigation over $100 million in GST refunds, is now subject to complaints it has not paid superannuation to hospitality staff.
- Max Mason, David Marin-Guzman and Larry Schlesinger
Record fine over ‘scab’ abuse at Oaky North coal mine picket
The mining union and officials have been ordered to pay more than $650,000 in fines for verbally abusing strike-breaking workers during a seven-month lockout.
- David Marin-Guzman
August
- Opinion
- Building Bad
How to remake the CFMEU culture of confrontation
Only deeper, durable changes will stop the law-breaking construction union’s self-reinforcing behaviour re-emerging after three years of administration.
- Peter Richards
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Union membership inflated, pay deals not done under Asmar: official
A senior official at the Health Workers Union has pushed to stand down its secretary, Diana Asmar, warning the union’s board that the branch is in a state of dysfunction.
- Kieran Rooney and David Marin-Guzman
Small business owner fears for future as sparkie bans hit rural NSW
The Bermagui resident was due to open her wedding and events business in weeks. But industrial action by power workers, spreading across NSW, has thrown everything up in the air.
- David Marin-Guzman
Sparkies’ industrial action spreads as intervention bid fails
A bid to end six months of industrial action delaying thousands of housing and infrastructure projects has failed, even as work bans spread across Sydney.
- David Marin-Guzman and Campbell Kwan
States back crackdown on non-disclosure agreements
But business says workplace sexual harassment should be dealt with by the federal government, while employment lawyers warn against a blanket bank on NDAs.
- Gus McCubbing
Retired judge to investigate dysfunctional TWU branch
The Transport Workers Union says allegations and counter allegations show the relationship between its Victorian secretary and the branch board has irretrievably broken down.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
Allan moves to end NDA ‘misuse to silence victims’
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced consultation on laws that would restrict the use of non-disclosure agreements for workplace sexual harassment.
- Gus McCubbing
TWU stands down Victorian boss over misconduct claims
The Victorian head of the Transport Workers Union and influential player in the state’s Labor Right faction has been stood down over claims of inappropriate behaviour.
- David Marin-Guzman
July
- Exclusive
- Managed funds
Taurus misled Phil King’s Regal in due diligence, former CFO claims
Andrew Sampson was made redundant from Taurus in March. He claims he was dismissed after raising concerns about the conduct of the commodities financier’s founders.
- Max Mason
June
Ord Minnett breached laws by dodging paid leave, minimum wage: judge
The court ruling could expose the firm and the broader finance sector to major back-pay claims from advisers.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
Ructions at Morrow Sodali as it sues former M&A head
The proxy adviser secured an injunction in court against an ex-staffer, alleging he used confidential information to sign up clients for his competing business.
- Lucas Baird and Aaron Weinman
May
CFMEU redundancy fund push sparks call for worker choice
Builders are calling for workers to have the right to choose their own redundancy fund in response to a CFMEU push to oust a fund that returned thousands of dollars to workers.
- David Marin-Guzman
Ord Minnett sued for sacking ‘recklessly dishonest’ director
Broking director David Wylie was fired for allegedly making up that the Ord Minnett’s senior leadership expected him to sell his house to pay the firm’s ASIC penalty.
- David Marin-Guzman
Academics seek pay for emails out of hours
A major union is using Labor’s new right to disconnect laws to scrap a “common practice” where casual academics do not get separately paid to be contacted outside of hours.
- David Marin-Guzman
Employers back worker ‘choice’ in right to disconnect battle
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned against strict rights to disconnect in awards, saying it could affect enthusiastic staff.
- David Marin-Guzman