Fair Work Commission
FWC dismisses lawyer’s costs application against former employer
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a lawyer’s application to impose costs on his former employer after it...
31 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Union moves to sack its own lawyer over alleged timesheet fraud while WFH
A lawyer at the Public Service Association of NSW is in the firing line for dismissal after allegedly falsifying...
18 March 2026
By Grace Robbie
Self-professed ‘alpha’ lawyer’s absurd ‘pack’ claim to fired employee
The principal lawyer of a Sydney commercial firm backtracked on the dismissal of a senior associate by telling her he...
16 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Empathy is not optional for employment lawyers
Distraught over my mother’s diagnosis, what I needed most was some compassion – what I got instead was a rude and...
11 February 2026
By Naomi Neilson
The top Fair Work and workplace dispute stories of 2025
From chucking sickies to “rude” employees, there were a number of clashes within the legal profession’s...
09 January 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Legal secretary claims tax firm forced her to quit
The Fair Work Commission tossed out a claim from a legal secretary who complained BDO Australia forced her to resign.
19 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
The rise of ‘unmeritorious’ workplace claims in the age of AI
According to workplace lawyers, employers are facing a growing wave of claims that lack merit, at a time when the use...
03 December 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Piper Alderman accused of bullying, discrimination by litigation lawyer
Piper Alderman and its national head of litigation have been accused of workplace misconduct, with a former employee...
03 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
In-house counsel’s dismissal case tossed from Fair Work Commission
A former corporate counsel of a toll-road operator, who alleged he was discriminated against because of his age, was...
02 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Uber driver reinstated after dismissal over alleged on-the-job masturbation
Ride-sharing giant Uber was found to have unfairly deactivated a Melbourne driver’s account following allegations...
17 November 2025
By Grace Robbie
Why have so few Right to Disconnect applications been made?
Despite much fanfare about its implications for employers and employees alike, the national workplace tribunal has seen...
17 November 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why are unfair dismissal claims on the rise?
In its newly released annual report, the Fair Work Commission said it received 44,075 lodgments in 2024–25, making a...
05 November 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Webjet general counsel alleges she was fired for whistleblower complaint
Webjet’s recently ousted general counsel claimed she was fired for alerting the company to alleged...
04 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Case tossed over ‘threatening, nonsensical’ statements to solicitor
Proceedings in the Fair Work Commission were dismissed because a man sent hundreds of lengthy, inappropriate and...
15 October 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Senior lawyer alleges unfair firing was because of age
A senior lawyer from a community legal centre who alleged she was terminated because of her age was prevented from...
03 October 2025
By Naomi Neilson
NSW solicitor tries to have previous workplace wound up
In the five years since he was escorted by police out of a Parramatta law firm, a solicitor has launched proceeding...
07 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
High Court challenge over illegally sacked miners tossed out for third time
Twenty-two miners operating out of Peabody’s Helensburgh mine have retained their win against their former employer,...
07 August 2025
By Kace O'Neill
Primary carer decision a game changer for employers and their lawyers
A court decision on paid parental leave has set the tone for disputes between new parents and their employers, a...
29 July 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Court security manager sacked after prematurely granting person’s freedom
A court security manager challenged his dismissal through the Fair Work Commission after his employer sacked him for...
28 July 2025
By Kace O'Neill
‘Yeah, you’re fired’: Legal assistant unfairly dismissed from Qld firm
A remote legal assistant has successfully won an unfair dismissal case after being abruptly terminated during a Skype...
04 July 2025
By Grace Robbie