Our employment law team provides assistance across the full spectrum of employment matters. We advise on employment contracts and complex engagement arrangements and assist clients through sensitive performance management processes and other workplace matters. We assist with bullying, discrimination, and harassment matters, advocate in unfair dismissal and general protections disputes, and provide advice and assistance with wage and entitlement issues. During periods of organisational change, we provide clear guidance on restructures and redundancies and ensure compliance with governance obligations. Whether offering early preventative advice or representing clients in disputes and regulatory proceedings, we deliver precise and considered advice and assistance that protects clients’ rights.
Employment contracts
Employment contracts are legally binding agreements that establish the rights, pay and conditions between an employer and employee.
An employment contract can be in writing or verbal. A solid employment contract protects both parties by detailing the essential elements.
We assist by providing advice on both concerns about your current employment contract and reviewing the terms of a new employment contract.
Performance management
We assist employees who are facing performance management processes by providing clear, factual guidance to help them understand their rights and the employer’s obligations. We focus on ensuring the process is conducted lawfully, fairly, and in accordance with the relevant legislation and relevant workplace policies.
Our role is to ensure employees are supported with accurate, fact-based advice so they can navigate performance management processes confidently and lawfully.
Bullying, discrimination, and harassment matters
We assist employees experiencing workplace bullying, discrimination, or harassment by providing clear, fact-based advice and representation. We focus on ensuring employers meet their legal obligations under the relevant legislation including the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld), and relevant workplace policies.
Our approach is grounded in accurate, evidence-based guidance to help employees address unlawful or inappropriate workplace conduct effectively and lawfully.
Unfair dismissal and general protections
We assist employees with unfair dismissal and general protections matters by providing clear, fact-based advice and representation throughout the dispute process. We ensure employees understand their rights under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld) and the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), depending on which system applies.
Our approach is grounded in accurate, evidence-based guidance to help employees challenge unlawful or procedurally defective dismissals and protect their workplace rights.
Wage and entitlement issues
We assist employees with wage and entitlement issues by providing clear, fact-based advice grounded in the relevant legislation and industrial instruments. We help employees understand their lawful entitlements under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld), the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), modern awards, certified agreements, and employment contracts.
Our approach is strictly evidence-based, ensuring employees receive accurate guidance to recover unpaid entitlements and enforce their workplace rights.
Restructures and redundancies and governance obligations
We assist employees affected by workplace restructures and redundancies by providing clear, fact-based advice to ensure the process complies with legal and procedural requirements. We help employees understand their rights under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld), the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), and any applicable awards, agreements, or policies.
Our approach is grounded in accurate, evidence-based guidance to help employees navigate restructures and redundancies lawfully and with clarity.
Disputes and regulatory proceedings
We assist employees involved in workplace disputes and regulatory proceedings by providing clear, fact-based advice grounded in the relevant legislation and procedural frameworks. We support employees across matters arising under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld), the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), the Public Sector Act 2022 (Qld), and regulatory schemes such as the Office of the Health Ombudsman and Ahpra.
Our approach is strictly evidence-based, ensuring employees receive accurate guidance to navigate disputes and regulatory proceedings lawfully and effectively.