Employee and Industrial Relations

We support our clients in their management of employee relations. Our clients value our understanding of the business context in which decisions need to be made.

Our Employee and Industrial Relations team keeps our clients informed about changes to the law which will impact on their business, and will lead them to develop strategies and implement change in response. We want our clients to be best placed not only to comply with the law, but to take advantage of opportunities which may be available to improve business outcomes.

When conflict or disciplinary issues arise, we work with our clients to devise a response that achieves the best outcome for the business as a whole while aiming to minimise any adverse financial and reputational impacts. We understand the adverse consequences of conflict with individual or collective labour.

We support our clients through the implementation of major changes to their workforce, whether in the form of a merger, demerger, outsourcing, restructure or reduction in size.

For our clients and others, we undertake employee investigative work typically involving alleged fraud, bullying, harassment and discrimination.

Our team advises on director and employee remuneration including employee equity arrangements as part of short and long term incentive planning.

We help clients protect their businesses using retention tools, structured exit arrangements, confidentiality and restraints of trade.

We provide practical strategies to comply with their occupational health and safety obligations.