Employment Law & Industrial Relations

Our Practice

Australia's industrial relations laws change with alarming regularity. The pace of change can often obscure the fact that two important elements of a successful business are simplicity and flexibility. Our lawyers aim to provide practical, easy to understand legal advice that enables you to adjust to these changes and solve your industrial problems as simply and quickly as possible.

We act for employers and employees from a wide variety of industries. We focus on preparing simple, practical employment agreements and the swift resolution of industrial disputes through constructive negotiation and by using the conciliation process of Fair Work Australia and Queensland Industrial Relations Commissions. If parties are unable to resolve their differences, we help our clients negotiate the complexities of industrial litigation.

Our Expertise

Our team regularly assists employers and employees with:

• unfair dismissal disputes
• the interpretation of awards, contracts and industrial agreements
• employment law risk management
• enterprise bargaining
• redundancy issues
• termination of employment
• the preparation of employment contracts
• discrimination and equal opportunity claims
• sexual harassment issues
• industrial disputes
• workers compensation matters
• workplace health and safety
• workplace injuries
• privacy disputes
• independent contactors agreements
• adverse action claims

Our lawyers regularly appear as advocates before Fair Work Australia, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, Queensland Anti Discrimination Commission and the Federal, Supreme, District and Magistrates Courts. We act for employers and employees from the manufacturing, automotive, bio technology, information technology, hospitality, property and transport industries, the medical and accounting professions and small business sector.

Our Legal Team

Please refer your enquiries to:

John Sneddon	| Partner
Regina Michaletos	| Associate
Ann-Maree Waugh	| Law Graduate