Our employment team anticipates, manages and resolves workplace issues for national and multinational companies and public sector employers.

We are passionate about building and maintaining sustainable workplaces, and the marketplace continually acknowledges our skill through ranking our team, year on year, as one of the best in employment law in the region.

Our general employment advisory work includes:

• Drafting, reviewing and advising on employment contracts, independent contractor agreements and the full range of workplace policies.
• Providing in-house training modules addressing the legal issues that may arise during the employment life cycle and providing strategies on how to avoid or manage them.
• Drafting and advising on restraints of trade, intellectual property protections and confidential information obligations.
• Developing and documenting remuneration, bonus and incentive schemes.
• Due diligence and managing the risks arising from business purchase or sale, outsourcing and restructures.
• Advising on the termination of employment contracts.
• Conducting negotiations with employees and their unions.
• Managing ill and injured workers.
• Advising on discrimination, bullying and harassment.
• Advice about modern awards and other industrial instruments, and compliance with the same.

For multinational clients, our advice crosses all borders and we can call on the support of our employment lawyers around the world.

With our years of experience and backgrounds working in the private and public sectors, rely on us to quickly pinpoint the key issues and deliver practical advice on building great places to work.