A Coles and Woolies pizza supplier has been ordered to pay $53,000 to a worker who was sexually harassed. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) also found the woman had been subjected to race discrimination and victimisation. Coles and…
A dental assistant has been awarded $12,000 after being sacked for homeschooling her children during COVID-19 lockdowns. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) found the employer unlawfully discriminated against the worker based on her family responsibilities. Dental assistant sacked…
BlueScope Steel has been given the green light to discriminate on the basis of sex. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal granted the exemption to help BlueScope address a gender imbalance in its workforce. Bluescope Steel given green light for…
A Melbourne council has been ordered to pay a wheelchair-bound man $5,000 compensation for disability discrimination. A tribunal found the council discriminated against him based on his disability during a meeting in 2017. The man, who has multiple sclerosis, claimed…
The federal government’s school chaplaincy program that discriminates against secular counsellors is set to be legally challenged. It's a test case of state anti-discrimination laws, in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Discriminatory school chaplaincy program designed to promote religion…
A real estate agent claims sexual harassment from her colleagues and boss, who allegedly sent her porn. The agent has filed a sexual harassment and sex discrimination claim in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. She alleges the company breached…
'Faggots shouldn't be alive' is what one boss told a worker in a case of horrific sexual harassment and discrimination. The worker says his boss targeted him because he is gay, and made work "a living hell". Furthermore, when he…
A tribunal has ruled that severe morning sickness is a disability, and therefore those affected are protected by anti-discrimination laws. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal made the ruling in a case involving a pregnant phone shop worker. Tribunal rules…
