Employ­ment

We focus on get­ting to know you, devel­op­ing long-term rela­tion­ships as we guide you through the ever-chang­ing legal and indus­tri­al envi­ron­ment. We assist you by draft­ing employ­ment con­tracts which min­imise expo­sure to awards, lessen the risk of claims and empha­sise clar­i­ty, flex­i­bil­i­ty and simplicity.

We have act­ed for both employ­ers and employ­ees in a broad range of indus­tries, includ­ing hos­pi­tal­i­ty, retail, man­u­fac­tur­ing, logis­tics, health­care, aged care, finance, pro­fes­sion­al ser­vices, build­ing and con­struc­tion, as well as the not-for-prof­it sec­tor and government.

Exper­tise

• Advice in rela­tion to the Fair Work Act
• Enter­prise agree­ments, employ­ment agree­ments and let­ters of appointment
• Ter­mi­nat­ing employ­ees and man­ag­ing employ­ee exits
• Post-employ­ment restraints
• Restraint of trade, con­fi­den­tial infor­ma­tion and privacy
• Nego­ti­a­tion with Work­Cov­er, insur­ers and trade unions
• Advice on appli­ca­tion of awards and employ­ee statu­to­ry and award entitlements
• Con­trac­tor and employ­ee agreements
• Redun­dan­cy and restructuring
• Man­ag­ing employ­ee underperformance
• Man­ag­ing ill or injured employees
• Man­ag­ing employ­ee griev­ances and work­place disputes
• Work­place sur­veil­lance and mon­i­tor­ing of inter­net and email use
• Harass­ment and bul­ly­ing matters
• Indus­tri­al disputes
• Awards and Statu­to­ry oblig­a­tions of employers
• Work­place polices — general
• Work­place poli­cies – indus­tri­al instruments
• Advice on per­for­mance & conduct
• Advice on work­place surveillance
• Advice on right of entry
• Advice on anti-discrimination
• Advice on diversity
• Advice on com­pe­ti­tion issues/​restraints
• Unfair Dis­missals
• Com­plex Work­place investigations
• Stan­dard work­place investigations

Use­ful Links

• Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC)
• Fair Work Ombuds­man (FWO)