Industrial Relations and Employment Law
Employment and Workplace Lawyers
HFW acts for employers across the full lifecycle of employment issues, from day to day advisory work through to contested claims.
- Advisory across the lifecycle: employment contracts and contractor agreements, termination of employment and engagement, executive remuneration, restrictive covenants, team moves, contingent labour forces and trade union matters.
- Conduct, claims and investigations: investigations, discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal and bullying and harassment claims, and settlement of sensitive and reputationally damaging claims.
- Workplace relations and safety in Australia: support and guidance on employment law, discrimination, work health and safety, industrial relations and workplace privacy, with representation in industrial tribunals and commercial litigation.
- Workforce change and transactions: the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and reorganisations, redundancies and outsourcing.
Best for: employers in the aerospace, commodities, construction, energy, insurance and shipping sectors wanting employment and workplace safety advice.
