Australia’s workplace relations laws are exceptionally complex and can be difficult for employers to navigate. Our Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety team provides practical, cost-effective legal advice to organisations as well as individuals, designed to minimise the risk of disputes. Our legal solutions are informed by a thorough understanding of our clients’ needs, as well as our own litigation experience.
We assist organisations of all sizes, from small businesses to multinational conglomerates, and are uniquely positioned to understand the importance of tailoring solutions to the specific demographics of your workforce.
Our expertise covers the full range of workplace relations matters, including:
Work Health & Safety
- Responding to workplace health and safety (WHS) incidents
- WHS investigations
- Responding to enforcement action brought by WHS regulators
- Managing ill and injured workers
Workforce Management
- Drafting employment contracts and independent contractor agreements
- Drafting and reviewing workplace policies
- Managing staff performance and conduct
- Dealing with high-conflict staffing issues, including bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment claims, and executive employment matters
- Restructuring and redundancies
- Labour hire and independent contractor arrangements
- Underpayment claims
- Interpretation of awards and enterprise agreements
- Advising on employee entitlements in cross-border transactions and transfers of business
- Representing clients in unfair dismissal, general protections, and anti-discrimination cases
- Workplace investigations
- Dealing with enforcement action brought by government regulators (Fair Work Ombudsman, WHS regulators, and sector-specific regulators)
Industrial Relations
- Advising on enterprise bargaining strategy
- Drafting and interpreting enterprise agreements
- Enterprise agreement disputes and industrial action
Sector-Specific Expertise
- Child safety, including working with children check clearances, safeguarding and handling reportable conduct matters
- Advising on laws covering workers in government agencies, statutory bodies, not-for-profits, and faith-based organisations
This is complemented by our Employers Liability practice, which is one of the largest specialist workers compensation practices in New South Wales.
