Emplawyer

Emplawyer provides Employment and Workplace Law Advice to employers across Australia, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle. The boutique practice, established in 2022, focuses exclusively on employment and workplace law, delivering strategic, commercially astute legal solutions for employers of all sizes across all sectors.

• Team of Accredited Specialists with combined experience of more than 50 years in employment, industrial relations and discrimination law; managing principal Michelle Dawson named LawyersWeekly Employment Law Partner of the Year 2023.
• Services include advice and representation on hiring and termination, award and enterprise agreement interpretation, enterprise bargaining, fair work compliance, discrimination and sexual harassment matters.
• Flexible pricing strategies including hourly rates, value-based rates, fixed fees and retainers; discounted rates for registered charities and not-for-profit organisations.
• Experienced workplace investigations team conducting and managing investigations into bullying, discrimination, harassment and workplace misconduct.

Best for: employers seeking senior specialist legal advice on employment matters without the overhead and cost of larger law firms.

Emplawyer operates a specialist investigations team conducting workplace misconduct inquiries across Australia, with particular expertise in discrimination, harassment, bullying and grievance matters.

• Conduct, advise on and manage complex and sensitive investigations into bullying, discrimination, harassment and other workplace and governance misconduct across all industry sectors.
• Provide specialist advice on investigation processes, findings and outcomes; upskill and support internal investigation teams within client organisations.
• Part of a broader employment law practice with Accredited Specialist lawyers, enabling integrated advice on investigation findings and employment law implications.

Best for: employers requiring independent investigation expertise for sensitive workplace misconduct allegations.