Solicitor alleges she was fired after maternity leave discussion

A former boutique law firm employee has alleged she was terminated because she was pregnant and had asked about...

06 May 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Ombudsman asked to investigate pay allegations at Qld firm

Concerned over allegations a Queensland-based law firm did not pay its employees correctly, a deputy president of the...

22 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor brings fight against employer years after her termination

A solicitor terminated from her position at an immigration detention centre based in Sydney’s west has brought an...

14 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Perth firm dodges bullying order pursued by former employee

Despite her application having already been thrown out, a former employee of a Perth law firm tried to convince the...

31 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

More court stoushes in store for boutique firm and vengeful training lawyer

In what appears to be a seemingly endless legal battle, a Parramatta boutique law firm has been dragged through yet...

26 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘Doomed to fail’: Solicitor pushes ahead with futile claims against law firm

Apparently not dissuaded from being shut down and criticised by multiple courts and the Fair Work Commission, a...

05 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Employment law cases impacting workplaces in 2025

Here are five cases from 2024 that I predict might have a critical impact on employment law outcomes in workplaces in...

27 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Labor accused of stacking FWC with ‘union and lawyer mates’

A principal from Maurice Blackburn has been named as deputy president of the Fair Work Commission, while four other...

26 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qld firm fails to block paralegal’s unfair dismissal complaint

A Queensland law firm has failed for the second time to shut down a paralegal’s unfair dismissal...

25 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Lecturer sacked after telling student to ‘start an OnlyFans’, ‘collaborate in the bedroom’

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has condemned the actions of a former University of Tasmania lecturer, labelling his...

24 February 2025

By Kace O'Neill

A former FWC vice president on the need for humane, patient (and efficient) justice

A former FWC vice president has shared his view on how commissioners should approach their role in the nation’s...

17 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Law lecturer says university unfairly ended employment

A senior law lecturer turned to the Fair Work Commission with allegations that he was pushed out of a Melbourne...

13 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

ABC’s counsel grills Lattouf on social media use

In a line of questioning that saw him “chastised” by the judge, counsel for the national broadcaster questioned...

04 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘Non-practising’ lawyer found to be ‘detriment’ in unfair dismissal case

The involvement of a lawyer in an unfair dismissal matter was found to be a “detriment” to a personal care...

24 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘Disgrace’: Union’s legal team chastised for abandoning member

The legal team behind a workplace union was criticised by the Fair Work Commission for leaving one of its illiterate...

24 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘Bewildering’: Prosecutor turns to Fair Work for $1 raise

The Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions was criticised for its “baffling and frustrating” lack of progression...

23 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

‘Rude, belligerent’ grad lawyer flings insults at supervisors

A graduate lawyer who applied for an order to stop bullying in his workplace gave evidence that he did not care whether...

17 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor persists with ‘hopeless’ vendetta against firm

A solicitor has been on a seemingly endless crusade to punish a principal lawyer who called the police to kick him out...

18 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Fired legal secretary’s ‘spiteful’ campaign against Gadens

A resentful legal secretary has pursued a lengthy, “determined and spiteful” campaign against her former law firm,...

28 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

‘Restricting NDAs is essential to putting victim-survivors first,’ lawyers argue

Recommendations have been made in a joint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre to the...

28 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy