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28.03.2021
Financial controller admits stealing $1.6m over more than a decade from business
The former financial controller of an electronics business in Sydney’s north has admitted to stealing more than $1.6 million over an 11-year period, using an elaborate scheme which involved manipulating its payroll system to give himself extra money. ...
28.03.2021
The rooster and the sunrise: Court finds rescinded job offer was not age discrimination
Discrimination in the workplace is unlawful under a number of Australian laws, including state and federal anti-discrimination legislation (such as the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth)) as well as the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act). One of the ...
28.03.2021
Commonwealth Bank denies underpaying workers $45 million
The Commonwealth Bank has rejected claims it has underpaid thousands of its staff by $45 million over lost tea breaks. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) claims it has identified an estimated $45 million underpayment at the CBA due to retail banking staff ...
21.03.2021
Junior doctors launch class action over unpaid overtime
Junior doctors in Victoria have filed the first of several class actions claiming that health providers have underpaid them millions of dollars in overtime. The doctors at Peninsula Health earning between $79,000 and $146,000 a year said on Monday they ...
21.03.2021
Clayton Utz responds to underpayment reports
BigLaw firm Clayton Utz has responded to reports that it underpaid graduate lawyers by thousands of dollars. On Monday, 15 March, The Australian Financial Review reported that the firm had paid at least one employee approximately $30,000 below the ...
14.03.2021
Scrap ‘outdated FBT’, says small business ombudsman
Removing fringe benefits tax, and allowing GST to be remitted at the point of sale, could make the tax system more small business-friendly, says the small business ombudsman. The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman’s latest research ...
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