Aitken Partners

Aitken Partners provides Employment Workplace Lawyer and Advisory services from offices in Melbourne and Brisbane, acting for both employers and employees, and has practised law since 1923.

• Advises across the employment cycle, drafting and reviewing employment contracts and workplace policies covering performance, misconduct, drug testing, equal opportunity, privacy and social media.
• Represents employers in the Fair Work Commission and the courts, defending unfair dismissal and underpayment claims, negotiating and certifying enterprise agreements and advising on award interpretation and industrial action.
• Defends WorkSafe prosecutions, appears at coronial inquests, drafts occupational health and safety policies and conducts workplace investigations, coordinating fraud and computer crime experts where required.
• The workplace law practice is led by Principal Lawyer Bianca Mazzarella within a firm of more than 65 professional and support staff, and the firm is the Official Legal Services Partner of the Melbourne Football Club.

Best for: employers facing an unfair dismissal claim, enterprise bargaining round or WorkSafe prosecution who want one firm covering contracts, disputes and safety compliance.

Aitken Partners offers Immigration Lawyer services from Melbourne, helping Australian businesses sponsor overseas workers and manage visa compliance alongside its employment law practice.

• Handles employer sponsored permanent and temporary visas, skilled visas, business skills visas including subclass 188, family visas and citizenship applications.
• Advises sponsoring employers on compliance obligations and acts in visa refusals and cancellations alongside the firm’s employment and commercial teams.
• Senior Immigration Consultant Andy Ellen sits within a firm founded in 1923 with offices in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Best for: employers sponsoring overseas workers who need visa applications and sponsorship obligations handled together with employment law advice.