25 January 2018 – Sydney Train Strike: Strike Ordered Suspended
We are very pleased that the Fair Work Commission has ordered that the overtime bans and proposed strike involving Sydney and NSW Trains be suspended for at least 6 weeks. This means Monday’s planned strike cannot legally proceed, this is the outcome we were hoping for. Sydney commuters and businesses have suffered enough with the impacts of the overtime ban today. A strike on Monday would have been totally unacceptable and as Senior Deputy President Hamberger said, “ the industrial action threatens to cause significant damage to the economy of Sydney.”
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24 January 2018 – Sydney Train Strike: Potential for Class Action against Union
Today Harmers Workplace Lawyers made the very important point to the Fair Work Commission that the RTBU union leadership is at substantial risk of a class action for having misled their members as to the potential consequences of their industrial action. By not fully explaining to their members that if the strike is found by the court not to be “protected” under the legislation, then companies and individuals who suffer economic loss as a result of the industrial action could sue as a class. Individual union members might also be at risk.
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Anthony McClellan
AMC Media
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24 January 2018 – Legal Action by Harmers Workplace Lawyers to Stop Rail Strike
Harmers Workplace Lawyers on Tuesday afternoon launched legal action in the Fair Work Commission to stop the Sydney train strike and related overtime bans. This legal action was taken well before the later announced potential deal and the vote today to proceed with the strike. The yes vote to go ahead with the strike indicates why this legal action was necessary.
Please click here to read the full Harmers media statement.
All media enquiries related to this matter may be directed to:
Anthony McClellan
AMC Media
Mob: 0433 122 360
E: anthonymcc@gmail.com
T: antmac9
Media Statement by Harmers Workplace Lawyers re: Richardson v Oracle Corporation Pty Ltd
15 July 2014
Ms. Rebecca Richardson today won the appeal in her sexual harassment case against Oracle Corporation Australia. Her damages were increased seven fold from the first decision, and she was awarded costs of the appeal. This is a very significant legal victory, not only for Ms. Richardson, who has now been vindicated by not letting this injustice rest, but for how the law should be applied in this important area of legal rights for employees.
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