Employment Law

If you employ people then you and your business are exposed to significant risks that can damage your business, not to mention being a source of huge stress.

However, most businesses don’t properly or proactively manage their workplace relations risks. It’s a huge missed opportunity but it’s because until now, many businesses don’t know how to or where to turn for help. Specialist workplace relations lawyers are usually only in larger law firms, beyond the reach of many businesses.

Proactively managing workplace risks and effectively dealing with issues as soon as they arise can save you and your business a significant amount of time and money, not to mention reducing your stress. It also makes for a much more harmonious and effective workplace.

That’s why we enjoy working closely with our clients to deliver solutions for all aspects of workplace relations so that you can get on with growing your business rather than worrying about people issues.

The areas that we cover in employment include:

• helping you to manage redundancies
• guiding you on performance management and misconduct issues
• managing unfair dismissal claims
• bullying and harassment claims and investigations
• guiding you on the optimal employment strategies for your business and their impact: permanent full time and part time, casual and contractors
• advising on workplace restructures to align your workforce with your business needs
• employment policy review and development to ensure compliance and also to enhance to the performance of your people
• drafting and negotiating employment contracts and advising on key terms, such as restraints
• advising on the impact of modern award and enterprise agreement coverage on your business
• training in bullying, harassment and performance management to avoid costly and time consuming issues occurring in the first place, reducing you’re the exposure to your business