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New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... hours worked. Again, like sick leave, notice and evidence requirements would apply. The campaign is supported by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, which said: "We support the proposed new laws to be adopted by the Queensland and federal government. The current ...

Rest hires policy lead from HESTA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... background, including eight years as a senior associate focused on employment and industrial relations law at Maurice Blackburn. At Rest, he will report to chief people, strategy and corporate affairs officer Tyrone O'Neill. He will be responsible for ...

Settlement approved in AMP shareholder class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... misconduct made public by the Royal Commission. An amended statement of claim was filed on 7 December 2021 by Maurice Blackburn and the case was to be heard in August, but AMP agreed to the settlement ahead of its commencement. There are 18,702 group ...

AMP shareholder class action settlement slashed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... million class action settlement after legal fees are taken out should the court approve the proposed amount. Maurice Blackburn will take a $26 million cut of the settlement because of costs incurred over a five-year period that cover "investigating and ...

AMP settles class action for $110m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
... that included among other issues, charging fees for no services under various contexts. The class actions of Maurice Blackburn, and Slater and Gordon were consolidated into one while the other three lawsuits were put on ice. Maurice Blackburn referred ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... in retirement, contributing to women over-55 now being the largest group of homeless in Australia. As such, Maurice Blackburn is calling for mandated menopause leave as part of a broader campaign that includes paid menstrual leave. Forming a working ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... MySuper law reforms required CFS to move members to these cheaper options, which also happened to perform better. Maurice Blackburn brought the action in October 2019 in the Federal Court (Victoria), against Colonial First State Investments Limited ...

CSLR unfairly locks out some victims: Maurice Blackburn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... misconduct or fraud who pursue court proceedings - something that is inherently unfair, according to law firm Maurice Blackburn. Maurice Blackburn principal lawyer Josh Mennen raised concerns about the design of the CSLR in a submission to Treasury ...

APRA approves MLC super takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... NULIS itself copped $8 million of the fine. Earlier this year, NULIS was named in a class action brought by Maurice Blackburn on behalf of 330,000 MasterKey members who accuse the trustee of breaching its duties by delaying the transition of members ...

NAB MySuper class action heads to Federal Court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... NULIS Nominees has moved to the Federal Court, following a decision late last year. The class action brought by Maurice Blackburn against MLC Nominees and NULIS in January 2020 on behalf of 330,000 MasterKey members accuses the super trustees of breaching ...
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