Unpaid overtime class action sees $31.5m settlement for junior doctors

The largest-ever wages underpayment class action settlement in the ACT has been reached, with junior doctors in the...

19 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

$202m secured for Indigenous workers whose wages were stolen

A settlement has been reached between the Commonwealth and thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples...

09 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Ex-diplomat owes over $500k to former worker for ‘slave-like’ conditions

In a major modern slavery case, the Federal Court has found that the former Sri Lankan deputy high commissioner owes...

16 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Male lawyers more likely to rate their remuneration highly

New findings from Lawyers Weekly and Agile Market Intelligence demonstrate that men in law are more inclined to...

04 March 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Women more likely to see gender pay gap in law than men

Today (27 February), the gender pay data of Australia’s biggest employers will be made public by the Workplace Gender...

27 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Accountability is here: What you need to know about gender pay gap reporting

Today (27 February) is the launch of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s (WGEA) gender pay gap reporting. Here, we...

27 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Will the release of gender pay gap data impact legal recruitment activity?

Ahead of the publication of the gender pay gaps of Australian employers with more than 100 workers later this week,...

26 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Judge suggests young lawyers unionise in face of ‘poor treatment’

Western Australia’s newest District Court judge has called out the bullying, sexual harassment, unreasonable work...

28 February 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Labor to introduce workplace bill to wages and address gender inequity

The government is set to introduce the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill into Federal Parliament this...

24 October 2022

By Jess Feyder

Wage increase may lead to employee reductions, says workplace lawyer

While the recent Fair Work decision will present short-term challenges, employers must also see the inherent...

17 June 2022

By Simon Levett

Full Federal Court to hear call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access age pension

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Human Rights Law Centre are challenging Centrelink to enable Aboriginal...

06 June 2022

By Simon Levett

Is it time for firms to publish wage data?

Following Julia Gillard’s recent comments about the reasonableness of revisiting Australia’s reporting requirements...

06 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy