Online and hospitality bet-maker Entain P/L is shaking things up, as it’s pursued in the Federal Court by Australia’s financial watchdog AUSTRAC. After two years investigating, AUSTRAC (the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre) commenced civil penalty proceedings in December alleging serious and systemic non-compliance with Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws. […]
Mantle Group has argued before the Federal Court that the Fair Work Commission overstepped in its investigation of the company’s workplace deal that was found to be depriving hundreds of workers of penalty rates. Queensland’s largest hospitality group, Mantle operates pubs in Brisbane, including the Pig N Whistle chain, James Squire brew house and Jimmy’s
Research company Roy Morgan has released the results of a survey of businesses in response to the Federal Court ruling on the entitlements for so-called ‘regular casual’ workers, with dire predictions for hospitality. The special-edition SMS survey engaged with 881 Australian businesses, extrapolating across the Australian economic landscape, and finding almost 800,000 workers could be
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A major Federal Court ruling Wednesday is being touted as a “huge win” for potentially millions of workers, aiming to close what has been deemed a massive “loophole” in employment of casuals. Casual workers make up around 20 per cent of the Australian workforce, and it is estimated between 1.6 and 2.2 million might benefit
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After a lengthy legal build-up, Aristocrat Leisure and Packer’s Crown Resorts have been cleared of allegations that Dolphin Treasure incorporated deceptive practises and was designed to feed poker machine addiction. The case, filed by self-confessed ‘former addict’ Shonica Guy, 41, centred around her reportedly ‘losing 14 years of her life’ playing EGMs. The suit claimed
UPDATE: The Federal Court has upheld the decision of the Fair Work Commission in regard to the recent changes to penalty rates, and rejected union appeals. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) announcement in February determined changes to be introduced over three years, bringing modest reductions in loading rates for full-time, part-time and casual employees, on
Regulators have issued heavy fines for Tabcorp and Hawthorn Football Club for breaches relating to gaming licensing and failing to comply with security obligations. The Federal Court heard a case against gaming giant Tabcorp brought by Austrac – Australia’s financial intelligence agency. A settlement was finalised that saw Tabcorp receive a $45 million fine –
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The Federal Court has today seen the start of a case by a self-confessed former pokies “addict” against manufacturer Aristocrat and Crown Casino, now amended to also challenge RTP. Lead applicant Shonica Guy is being represented pro-bono by prominent Melbourne-based law firm Maurice Blackburn in the case, said to centre on claims of misleading conduct
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