In Giles v State of Queensland [2021] QCA 206, the Queensland Court of Appeal confirmed the District Court’s decision that the State was not negligent in its management and welfare checking of an injured worker during his attendance at a catastrophic fire.
An employee who was dismissed after refusing a task that he believed would expose him to a serious health and safety risk has been awarded compensation.
An employee claimed that he developed white finger syndrome during the course of his employment, which was caused by the significant vibrations he experienced while driving a loader. After hearing considerable medical evidence, the Court awarded the employee almost $1.5 million in damages.
An employee of a luxury jewellery and watch retailer who was repeatedly bullied, intimidated and victimised by her team leader, has successfully obtained a stop bullying order.
The Full Court of the Federal Court has allowed a former senior swimming coach to pursue his six-year underpayment claim after a Court rejected that his superior qualifications excluded him from award coverage.
A corporate wellbeing consultancy firm has been found jointly responsible, with an employer, for a poster that constituted sexual harassment in the workplace.
A ‘manifestly inadequate’ damages award has been overturned by the Industrial Court of Queensland and an employer ordered to pay nearly $160,000, in the highest general and aggravated damages award in Queensland…
Former executive officers of a corporation have been found not liable under certain provisions of Queensland’s Environmental Protection Act for harm caused by the corporation in circumstances where the harm came to fruition after their tenure.
What is ‘reasonable management action’ and how does it work in practice?
In the recent case of DA Staal Property Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] QSC 216, the Supreme Court held that the market rent determination by a valuer was invalid as it was inconsistent with the process prescribed by the lease.
There has been a lot of discussion about how non-arm’s length income (NALI) and non-arm’s length expenditure (NALE) apply to self-managed superannuation funds
The High Court has overturned a highly debated Full Federal Court decision that entitled long-term casuals to claim leave and pay entitlements reserved for permanent employees.