Edge Legal

Edge Legal provides Employment Workplace Lawyer and Advisory services to Australian employers, with specialist expertise in Fair Work Act compliance, enterprise agreements, industrial relations and workplace safety law.

• Co-founded by employment law specialists with extensive experience in enterprise bargaining for organisations with 500+ employees, defending unfair dismissal claims, and Fair Work Commission advocacy.
• Offers tailored workplace training grounded in the ‘results with respect’ framework, covering performance management, misconduct and bullying complaint handling, and workplace investigations.
• Delivers employment compliance advisory including drafting and review of employment contracts and workplace behaviour policies, redundancy and restructuring support, and working with regulators including WorkSafe and the Fair Work Ombudsman.
• Conducts workplace investigations for disputes and misconduct complaints, with emphasis on resolution at the lowest possible level and building legally sound processes to avoid unfair dismissal and procedural fairness claims.

Best for: Australian employers seeking employment law expertise combined with practical people management guidance to handle workplace disputes, compliance and change with respect and legal certainty.

Edge Legal provides Workplace Investigations services for misconduct, bullying, harassment and discrimination complaints within Australian organisations.

• Conducts independent workplace assessments and investigations using video conference tools to keep costs down and turnaround times short, with emphasis on getting the scope right and delivering findings that hold up to scrutiny and assist resolution.
• Takes a resolution focused approach emphasising resolution at the lowest level first, with options including informal resolution, mediation and formal investigation as needed, rather than formal investigation as the default response.
• Supports employers and HR teams in complaint handling for sexual harassment, bullying, misconduct and general protections issues, with legal rigour and fair process that minimises unfair dismissal and procedural fairness risk.

Best for: employers needing independent investigation services with legal expertise for sensitive workplace complaints whilst balancing fairness, cost and resolution.