A former HSU NSW branch organiser is suing the union for more than $900,000 in an adverse action case in which she claims to have been sacked because of her age and bullying complaints against her manager.
Observing that "you can only 'lead a horse to water' so many times", the FWC has after nearly a year dismissed what it described as a former university employee's largely incompetent unlawful dismissal claim.
An HR manager is suing a biotechnology company for humiliating high-rotation desk moves and allegedly hiring a superior for her to report to as a "contrivance" to make her role redundant after she raised pandemic-related OHS and JobKeeper issues.
An HR advisor is accusing dairy cooperative Norco of summarily sacking her after more than 30 years because she supported colleagues during an investigation into the new chief executive's alleged misconduct.
Qantas in a Federal Court defence has hit back at TWU claims it rejected an in-house ground handling bid in order to diminish the union's influence and avoid agreement conditions, but the airline admits shutting it out of a preliminary process with external providers.
A software company's former chief executive who says he "bet his house" on the business accuses it in a multimillion-dollar adverse action case of repudiating his contract by promoting a subordinate to run part of its operations.
Financial services company IOOF is facing simultaneous adverse action claims, one from a former senior manager who alleges it sacked her because she was suffering from workplace stress and another from a manager claiming sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
A former ANZ account director at Oracle Australia who claims he was told he had zero emotional intelligence before being sacked without warning is suing it in an adverse action claim seeking more than $780,000 plus commissions and penalties.
An ABC makeup artist who claims her Lyme disease makes it unsafe to wear an anti-coronavirus mask and wants to instead don a shield is suing the broadcaster for discriminatory adverse action after it allegedly removed her from its roster.
RAFFWU is accusing Woolworths and JB Hi-Fi of targeting and retaliating against campaigning members in two "union-busting" adverse action cases heading to the courts next month.
