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Workplace Law

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Our firm offers an array of services to help our clients achieve their business goals and avoid expensive workplace-related litigation.
Employment Law

Employment Law

At Workplace Law we encourage a proactive, preventative approach to solve employment or workplace issues at the earliest opportunity.

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Work Health & Safety

Work Health & Safety

Workplace Law assists clients in understanding and managing duties and obligations under Work Health and Safety legislation.

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Workplace Behaviour

Workplace Behaviour

The culture of an organisation will determine how successful it will be so, it is vital employers set themselves up to provide the best environment for their employees to be happy and to produce their best effort.

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Industrial Disputes

Industrial Disputes

An industrial dispute can have a profound and lasting negative effect on your business and its reputation in the marketplace, unless addressed quickly and efficiently to produce a positive result.

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Discrimination

Discrimination

A primary objective of anti-discrimination law is the elimination of discrimination against persons in the workplace. Such discrimination may occur on the basis of (for example) race, sex, disability, age, or sexuality.

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International Law

International Law

Workplace Law offers services to Australian companies in the USA and UK and, to companies in those countries doing, or wanting to do, business in Australia.

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Sports Law

Sports Law

Workplace Law provides a range of services to individual athletes, coaches, clubs, associations and governing bodies. Our legal expertise and organisational values, together with our ethical and professional standards, makes us the benchmark when it comes to supporting the female sports industry.

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Workplace Investigations

Workplace Investigations

At Workplace Law we understand that a harmonious workplace is a productive workplace. For this reason it is important that issues raised by employees are investigated by highly skilled and experienced people and then resolved quickly and effectively.

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Corporate Law

Corporate Law

Corporate issues including negotiating and drafting agreements, resolving disputes, fraud, theft and injunctions.

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Award Compliance & Payroll Audits

Award Compliance & Payroll Audits

Classifications, rates, advice and representation related to Award Compliance

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Employment Law

Employment Law

At Workplace Law we encourage a proactive, preventative approach to solve employment or workplace issues at the earliest opportunity.

Read More
Work Health & Safety

Work Health & Safety

Workplace Law assists clients in understanding and managing duties and obligations under Work Health and Safety legislation.

Read More
Workplace Behaviour

Workplace Behaviour

The culture of an organisation will determine how successful it will be so, it is vital employers set themselves up to provide the best environment for their employees to be happy and to produce their best effort.

Read More
Industrial Disputes

Industrial Disputes

An industrial dispute can have a profound and lasting negative effect on your business and its reputation in the marketplace, unless addressed quickly and efficiently to produce a positive result.

Read More
Discrimination

Discrimination

A primary objective of anti-discrimination law is the elimination of discrimination against persons in the workplace. Such discrimination may occur on the basis of (for example) race, sex, disability, age, or sexuality.

Read More
International Law

International Law

Workplace Law offers services to Australian companies in the USA and UK and, to companies in those countries doing, or wanting to do, business in Australia.

Read More
Sports Law

Sports Law

Workplace Law provides a range of services to individual athletes, coaches, clubs, associations and governing bodies. Our legal expertise and organisational values, together with our ethical and professional standards, makes us the benchmark when it comes to supporting the female sports industry.

Read More
Workplace Investigations

Workplace Investigations

At Workplace Law we understand that a harmonious workplace is a productive workplace. For this reason it is important that issues raised by employees are investigated by highly skilled and experienced people and then resolved quickly and effectively.

Read More
Corporate Law

Corporate Law

Corporate issues including negotiating and drafting agreements, resolving disputes, fraud, theft and injunctions.

Read More
Award Compliance & Payroll Audits

Award Compliance & Payroll Audits

Classifications, rates, advice and representation related to Award Compliance

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Not mushroom for error

Commission finds employer’s unsubstantiated allegations rendered dismissal unfair

Where there is a factual dispute about allegations made against an employee, employers must ensure that the allegations are properly tested before proceeding to a disciplinary process. This will ensure that the employee has been provided with procedural fairness and any reasons relied on by the employer as grounds for dismissal are valid.

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The road less travelled

Commission finds role with additional 88km travel time was not suitable alternative employment

An employer may apply to the Fair Work Commission to have an employee’s redundancy pay reduced to a specified amount (which may be nil) in circumstances where it has obtained “other acceptable employment” for the employee.

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Webinar Recap - “Bejewelled: Hosting and surviving work social functions”

As the silly season approaches, employers must ensure that they thoughtfully plan their end-of-year celebrations and carefully consider the potential risks associated with hosting work-related functions.

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Objection overruled

FWC finds Philippine-based worker entitled to claim unfair dismissal

When engaging overseas workers to perform work for an Australian entity, employers need to be mindful of the risks that such workers may be considered employees to whom the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) might apply.

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BRB

Court temporarily reinstates employee pending adverse action claim

The probation period is commonly used by employers to assess the suitability of an employee for ongoing employment. One of the reasons that the probation period is of benefit to employers is because, when aligned with the minimum employment period set out in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), it allows an employer to end the employment relationship before an employee becomes entitled to protection from unfair dismissal.

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Skeletons in the closet

How pre-employment checks minimise the risk of post-recruitment discoveries

You have hired an employee who appears to be perfect on paper, only to later discover that they have misrepresented or deliberately withheld information about their qualifications, employment history or problematic past. A simple and often overlooked way of mitigating unfortunate surprises like these is conducting pre-employment checks to verify whether a candidate is as suitable, qualified and impressive as their resume or interview has portrayed them to be.

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