A Melbourne council has been ordered to pay a wheelchair-bound man $5,000 compensation after a tribunal ruled that it had discriminated against him based on his disability during a meeting in 2017. Philip Barnes, who has multiple sclerosis, said he…
The federal government’s controversial school chaplaincy program that discriminates against secular counsellors is about to legally challenged for a third time, in a test case of state anti-discrimination laws, in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The National School Chaplaincy…
A real estate agent has commenced legal action against her former employer, claiming she was subjected to repeated sexual harassment and discrimination from her colleagues, including being sent pornographic images from the chief executive. Summer Salvato, who worked at the…
A Melbourne office worker claims he was sexually harassed and discriminated against because he was gay, and when he complained, he says he was sacked. Timothy Bye (pictured above) has lodged a complaint in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal alleging…
Pregnant women suffering severe morning sickness have the right to protection under discrimination laws, after a Victorian tribunal ruled the condition was a disability. The ruling was made in the case of a Melbourne phone shop worker, who lodged a…
