We deal with modern awards, National Employment Standards and the proposed implementation of the Federal Government’s Forward with Fairness legislation.
We advise on unfair dismissals, unlawful termination of employment, large and small scale, redundancies, discrimination claims, award interpretation and breach of employment and industrial legislation.
A good employment agreement is the best way to prevent later problems in the employment relationship. With the changes to the Forward with Fairness legislation there may have to be significant changes to the terms of employment agreements. We can advise you on those changes.
We also advise on many issues which can arise during an employment relationship including:
We advise employers on how to end an employment relationship through redundancy or termination of employment. We advise employees who believe that they have been unfairly dismissed. We also advise employees in relation to their entitlements on a redundancy or on termination of their employment.
An issue which is becoming more significant for employers is the enforcement of restraints of trade in employment contracts, and the extent to which you can prevent a former employee from taking your customers or using your intellectual property. We help many clients to minimise the risk of such loss by drafting appropriate clauses and keeping up to date with the numerous court cases which arise in this area.