Employment and Workplace Relations

Contacts: Andrew Ireland and James Millea

The Employment and Workplace Relations team provides a broad range of employment and workplace relations services. We assist our clients to make the right decision at every stage of the employment relationship, including the interview and contract negotiations to managing performance and ending the employment relationship.

We have developed strategies and have the resources and expertise to address our clients emerging employee related needs. Our practice covers issues ranging from dispute resolution and negotiations to remuneration planning, contract management, policy development, business protection, including restraints, and short and long-term incentive schemes and equity arrangements.

We can advise on the reasonable precautions necessary for your organisation in terms of equal opportunity, occupational health and safety and prevention of harassment and help you implement them.

Our employment and workplace relations services also include:

•	developing and managing employee relations, individual employment arrangements, appraisal systems and workplace reform strategies
•	preventing, managing and resolving industrial disputes
•	advising on transmission of business and outsourcing
•	advocacy in negotiations and before industrial tribunals and courts

Whilst prevention is the best cure to avoid legal difficulty and protect your interests, we acknowledge that workplaces and practices are constantly changing. It can be difficult to keep abreast of legal rights and obligations. We work with our clients to manage employment law and workplace issues before they become problematic, and to provide tailored and practical legal solutions that recognise our client’s commercial objectives. Our focus is on resolving matters to achieve commercial solutions, protect valuable assets, and importantly, to serve each client’s best interests.