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Employee's complaints regarding management issues did not enliven workplace rights

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

The Federal Magistrates Court (now the Federal Circuit Court) has dismissed an employee's adverse action claim, on the basis that the complaints he

Federal Court confirms granting of permission for a party to be legally represented before FWC not a mere procedural decision

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

Flick J of the Federal Court of Australia has quashed a decision of the Full Bench of Fair Work Australia (FWA) (now the Fair Work Commission (FWC

Unfairness does not necessarily equate to adverse action

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

In this recent decision, the Federal Circuit Court made it clear that unfair conduct by an employer will not necessarily give the affected employee a

Federal court considers DePuy and VIOXX product liability class settlements

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

A resurgence in product liability class actions has been predicted in Australia since May 2012

Open slather to review planning and other ACT government decisions?

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 21 2013

Green's Minister Shane Rattenbury has introduced the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Amendment Bill 2013 ("Bill") into the ACT

Unstable foundations? Federal Court undermines Victorian Government building industry intervention with decision likely to affect NSW and QLD

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 20 2013

The Federal Court has declared that Lend Lease and other contractors do not need to change existing enterprise agreements, or specially craft new

Internet streaming of TV broadcasts: your ‘one stop shop’ update on international copyright disputes

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia, United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 20 2013

Many of us have the kind of social schedule which interferes with our passion for Ricky Martin and The Voice. Of course, there are a plethora of

Enterprise agreement clauses called into question

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has declined to approve two enterprise agreements, finding the application clause to be "problematic". The FWC

Patentability of computer software upheaval in US courts

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia, USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The patentability of computer software is a hot topic in Australian courts at the moment. However, we aren't alone in struggling with this

Complaint made directly to employer can constitute a workplace right

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Federal Circuit Court of Australia has held that an employee exercised a workplace right when she complained to her employer in relation to her