Background In Next Retail Ltd and Next Distribution Ltd v Thandi and others, more than 3,500 shop-floor sales consultants brought equal pay claims comparing their basic pay with that of predominan...

Background The government has published the names of over 600 employers that failed to pay the national minimum wage (NMW). Approximately 4 million has been repaid to over 27,000 workers, with pen...

Background In ABC v Huntercombe (No 12) Ltd and others, the claimant sought damages for alleged mistreatment during a four-month placement at a privately run psychiatric hospital in 2018/2019. She...

KPMG Australia took an "overly legalistic" approach to the whistleblower, failed to support them and placed too much emphasis on workplace grievances rather than the ethical issues, according to a ...

Essex Court Chambers is recruiting junior practitioners with expertise in commercial employment disputes. Essex Court Chambers is a leading set of barristers’ chambers, specialising in internationa...

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A new bill in Congress would lower the federal overtime threshold from 40 hours to 32 hours for covered workers, eventually requiring time-and-a-half pay once they exceed the shorter workweek. Rep...

She has chemical burn scars from defending the Capitol - and one minor infraction in 24 years A 24-year veteran of the US Capitol Police is suing the department, alleging she was passed over for pr...

She flagged safety violations, earned Teacher of the Year - then came the abuse complaints A Virginia teacher who flagged classroom safety breaches lost her fight to unmask who filed two abuse comp...

Judge Harold Leong ruled on 11 September 2026 that a cleaner's own job undid her slip-and-fall lawsuit against her employer. The cleaner worked for Kai Fu Property Services Company Limited, keepin...