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Kennedys

Global law firm advising employers on employment, dismissal and industrial disputes, with Australian offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane

Overview

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Kennedys

Business Description

Kennedys is a global law firm that has operated in Australia since 2006, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. Its employment team works only on employment and employee relations issues, acting for employers on the full range of employment litigation and on day to day human resources questions. That work runs from industrial disputes and industrial action, restraint of trade, discrimination, dismissal disputes and wages claims through to redundancies, business reorganisations, discipline and grievance processes, employment contracts, policies and employee incentives.

Service & Expertise

Industrial Relations and Employment Law

Employment and Workplace Lawyers

Kennedys acts for employers across the whole employment relationship, from day to day human resources questions through to contested claims and industrial disputes.

  • Contested claims: industrial disputes and industrial action, including injunctions to restrain unlawful action, restraint of trade and confidentiality disputes, discrimination, dismissal disputes and wages claims.
  • Day to day advice: discipline and grievance processes, redundancies, business reorganisations and transfers, terms and conditions of employment, and human resources support and strategy.
  • Documents and incentives: employment contracts, post termination agreements, employee handbooks, policies and procedures, executive service agreements, employee incentives and employment due diligence.
  • Cross border workforces: an international office network supports employers whose employment questions reach more than one jurisdiction.

Best for: employers and in house teams in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane wanting employment advice and employment litigation from one team.

Operational Coverage

  • External Territories such as Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, and the Cocos Islands (Remote)
  • New South Wales (Remote) Local presence: Physical office
  • Queensland (Remote) Local presence: Physical office
  • Victoria (Remote) Local presence: Physical office
  • Western Australia (Remote) Local presence: Physical office

Industry

Industry Experience

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

Contacts & Channels

FAQs

What employment work does Kennedys do for employers?

Its employment team handles the full range of employment litigation together with day to day human resources questions and strategy. Contested work covers industrial disputes and industrial action, including injunctions to restrain unlawful action, restraint of trade and confidentiality disputes, discrimination, dismissal disputes and wages claims. Advisory work covers business reorganisations and transfers, redundancies, discipline and grievance processes, employment contracts, post termination agreements, employee handbooks, policies and procedures, executive service agreements, employee incentives, employment due diligence, relocation and terms and conditions of employment.

Does Kennedys act for anyone besides employers?

Yes. Alongside its work for large and medium sized organisations, insurers regularly instruct the firm to defend claims brought against businesses they insure, and the employment team also assists individuals. This listing covers the employer side of that practice, and the other two channels are recorded here so an employer knows the team is not employer only.

Where in Australia can an employer engage Kennedys?

Kennedys has operated in Australia since 2006 and works from Level 9, 360 Elizabeth Street in Melbourne, Level 48, 25 Martin Place in Sydney, Suite 10.01, 111 St Georges Terrace in Perth and Floor 12, 295 Ann Street in Brisbane. The Australian practice is Kennedys (Australasia) Partnership, an unincorporated legal practice registered with the Law Society of New South Wales, ABN 53 142 744 354.

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