Workplace Relations and Employment
The biggest investment most organisations make is in their people - so managing workplace issues is vital. An experienced team of Workplace Relations and Employment lawyers partnering with your organisation is an essential part of managing a successful business.
We deliver:
- Tailored solutions – we devise workplace relations and employment strategies that are tailored to your business and your industry.
- More than just legal advice – managing issues in the workplace takes more than legal training. Many of our team have industrial relations backgrounds, so we know how the system works from the inside out. We hire professionals with demonstrated expertise in the crucial soft skills – empathy, listening, understanding and negotiation. These skills are essential in handling disputes that can be both personal and emotional.
- Shared knowledge – in the Australian workplace it’s not just the law that’s changed. Social, technological and economic factors have affected workplace culture and practices in ways that all employers need to understand. We do more than keep our clients up to date with legal changes; we share knowledge we’ve gained from working in the field so that we can arm our clients for the future.
DLA Phillips Fox works for companies in the health, financial services, insurance and utilities sectors as well as for government, educational institutions, labour hire firms and recruiters. Our expertise includes:
- Enterprise bargaining - strategy, advisory and litigation.
- Managing workplace change.
- Industrial relations litigation and disputes.
- Unfair, unlawful or wrongful dismissals.
- Advocacy before employment/ industrial courts, tribunals and authorities.
- Employment and anti-discrimination law and advice.
- Transmission of business issues.
- Occupational health and safety.
- Confidentiality and restraints of trade.
- Training and policy development.