HopgoodGanim Lawyers

HopgoodGanim Lawyers provides Employment Workplace Lawyer and Advisory services to employers, working with directors, senior management, human resources and safety specialists to manage employment, industrial relations and workplace health and safety matters.

• Drafts workplace agreements, including individual employment agreements, executive service agreements, collective agreements, independent contractor and labour hire agreements.
• Drafts workplace policies covering performance management and discipline, anti-discrimination and sexual harassment, workplace bullying, complaint handling and workplace relations management plans.
• Manages workplace incident investigations, internal complaint handling and mediation of disputes, including individual performance management and termination of employment.
• Represents employers in industrial and employment disputes and litigation, and manages external investigations by employment, tax and safety regulators, including defending safety prosecutions.

Best for: employers needing end-to-end employment, industrial relations and workplace health and safety advice.

HopgoodGanim Lawyers provides workplace training and a whistleblowing service for employers seeking to manage complaints and build workforce compliance capability.

• Delivers sexual harassment awareness training for workers, supervisors, employers and the c-suite and board, and training on union engagement, anti-discrimination and workplace investigations.
• Provides employers with a 24/7 dedicated telephone whistleblowing service for employees to report complaints under the company’s whistleblower policy.
• Advises on managing personnel issues arising from operational change and business restructuring.

Best for: employers needing workforce training and a whistleblowing reporting service.