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Employment

We provide employers with timely and commercially relevant advice in all aspects of employment law, industrial relations and workplace health and safety matters.

Strategic, practical and timely advice for employers.

Our employment team provides specialist advice to employers across various industries in all aspects of employment law, industrial relations and workplace health and safety matters. Our team provides tailored advice to a range of small employers through to mature businesses.

Our specialist team is led by Sandra Barry and prides itself on providing strategic and practical advice to clients, focusing on providing timely commercial solutions.

Senior Employment Lawyers

Employment and disputes

Our employment team advises employers about all employment law related matters and employee disputes, including:

  • Contracts – drafting a range of employment contracts addressing award compliance through to executive remuneration and benefits.
  • Workplace policies – drafting compliant workplace policies, including positive duties to address sexual harassment, workplace bullying and discrimination.
  • Termination – advising on operation of employment contracts, dismissal processes, redundancy processes and requirements, restraint of trade provisions and the associated risks and strategies.
  • Independent contractor and employee distinctions – advising clients on the distinctions between, and implications of, independent contracting and employee relationships.
  • Proceedings – defending unfair dismissal, general protections claims and discrimination claims.

Payroll compliance

Our employment team has the capability to assist employers across various industries with satisfying their payroll compliance obligations. The team also provide assistance to our corporate mergers & acquisitions team in auditing, and managing, payroll compliance issues for clients identified during transaction due diligence.

Our team regularly advise on:

  • Award and enterprise agreements compliance – including advising on applicability and interpretation of relevant provisions and representing employers in disputes.
  • Wage and payroll compliance audits – corporate transaction focus on compliance audits addressing industrial instrument coverage, classification, payments and superannuation, systems.
  • Underpayments – determining and assisting with underpayment claims and assistance with disclosure processes with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Industrial relations

Our employment team regularly provide strategic advice on a range of industrial relations matters including advising and assisting on enterprise agreement negotiation and approvals, terminations, disputes and Fair Work Commission orders.

Workplace health and safety

Our employment team regularly advise clients on a range of workplace health and safety matters including:

  • Ill and injured employees – assisting with workers’ compensation claims and appeals, management of ill and injured employees.
  • Investigations and training – providing workplace training on a range of topics, strategic advice and conducting workplace investigations for bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination complaints.
  • Safety – advising on compliance with workplace health and safety legislation.

Employment and disputes

Our employment team advises employers about all employment law related matters and employee disputes, including:

  • Contracts – drafting a range of employment contracts addressing award compliance through to executive remuneration and benefits.
  • Workplace policies – drafting compliant workplace policies, including positive duties to address sexual harassment, workplace bullying and discrimination.
  • Termination – advising on operation of employment contracts, dismissal processes, redundancy processes and requirements, restraint of trade provisions and the associated risks and strategies.
  • Independent contractor and employee distinctions – advising clients on the distinctions between, and implications of, independent contracting and employee relationships.
  • Proceedings – defending unfair dismissal, general protections claims and discrimination claims.

Payroll compliance

Our employment team has the capability to assist employers across various industries with satisfying their payroll compliance obligations. The team also provide assistance to our corporate mergers & acquisitions team in auditing, and managing, payroll compliance issues for clients identified during transaction due diligence.

Our team regularly advise on:

  • Award and enterprise agreements compliance – including advising on applicability and interpretation of relevant provisions and representing employers in disputes.
  • Wage and payroll compliance audits – corporate transaction focus on compliance audits addressing industrial instrument coverage, classification, payments and superannuation, systems.
  • Underpayments – determining and assisting with underpayment claims and assistance with disclosure processes with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Industrial relations

Our employment team regularly provide strategic advice on a range of industrial relations matters including advising and assisting on enterprise agreement negotiation and approvals, terminations, disputes and Fair Work Commission orders.

Workplace health and safety

Our employment team regularly advise clients on a range of workplace health and safety matters including:

  • Ill and injured employees – assisting with workers’ compensation claims and appeals, management of ill and injured employees.
  • Investigations and training – providing workplace training on a range of topics, strategic advice and conducting workplace investigations for bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination complaints.
  • Safety – advising on compliance with workplace health and safety legislation.