unfair dismissal

‘No justice’ in firing staff for having criminal records
Workers have reported feeling “double punished” in a legal study that has called for stronger protections against...
15 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
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
Lawyer fired over chucking sickie for AFL Gather Round weekend
A Melbourne lawyer and former Greens local government candidate was terminated after his employers discovered he had...
09 April 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
Indigenous legal service settles with former CEO following unlawful dismissal
Australia’s largest Indigenous legal organisation and its now-former CEO have reached a confidential settlement, over...
12 March 2025
By Grace Robbie
‘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
$1.1m legal bill for Lattouf case burning a hole in ABC’s pockets
The ongoing unfair dismissal case involving the ABC and its former journalist, Antoinette Lattouf, is reportedly...
03 March 2025
By Kace O'Neill
Ex-parole board lawyer claims boss colluded with judge
A commissioner said he had “significant concerns” for a lawyer and former acting director of Queensland’s Parole...
28 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Prosecutor pushed out of ODPP over ‘serious’ blunders
A solicitor has fought against his termination from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions over several...
27 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
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
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
‘I didn’t sign up to this’: Lattouf claims ABC left her reputation in tatters
During the back half of an emotional cross-examination, Antoinette Lattouf defended herself against an allegation she...
05 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson and Kace O'Neill
‘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
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
High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law
A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...
11 December 2024
By Kace O'Neill
Tribunal overturns law firm’s sexual assault investigation
A London lawyer won an unfair dismissal case after he was terminated over an alleged sexual...
27 November 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