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Employment Hero hits back at Seek's defense in Australian antitrust case

By Saloni Sinha ( September 19, 2025, 01:41 GMT | Insight) -- Employment-software business Employment Hero has hit back at a claim by jobs website Seek that its decision to terminate a commercial arrangement was linked to Employment Hero’s “disparaging” advertising. This argument is evidence of Seek having a “purpose” of substantially lessening competition, Employment Hero said. Employment Hero also denied Seek’s claims that its decision to cut Employment Hero’s access to its application-programming interface centered around contractual and privacy violations relating to the data of Australian job seekers.Employment-software business Employment Hero has hit back at a claim by jobs website Seek that its decision to terminate a commercial arrangement was linked to the Employment Hero’s “disparaging” advertising. This argument is evidence of Seek having a “purpose” of substantially lessening competition, Employment Hero said....

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