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Mills Oakley

Workplace relations, employment and safety lawyers acting for employers on contracts, disputes, terminations, bargaining and workplace investigations.

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Mills Oakley

Business Description

Mills Oakley's Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety practice acts for employers across the full range of workplace issues, undertaking both advisory work and litigation. Work covers employment contracts, policies and procedures; equal opportunity, harassment, discrimination and bullying; work health and safety including critical incident response; disputes, terminations and redundancies; entitlements and underpayment remediation; workplace investigations; enterprise bargaining and industrial action; and post-employment restraints. It sits inside a national commercial law firm.

Service & Expertise

Industrial Relations and Employment Law

Employment and Workplace Lawyers

Mills Oakley acts for employers on workplace relations, employment and safety, undertaking both advisory work and litigation across the full range of workplace issues.

  • Employment advice and documentation: employment contracts, workplace policies and procedures, advice on employment entitlements, and dealing with instances of underpayment and remediation.
  • Disputes, terminations and restraints: employment disputes, terminations and redundancies, executive terminations, and enforcement of post-employment restraints.
  • Industrial relations and equal opportunity: enterprise bargaining, union right of entry, industrial disputes and industrial action, alongside equal employment opportunity, harassment, discrimination and bullying.
  • Work health and safety: safety advice and regulatory work, taking in critical incident response.

The practice sits inside a national commercial law firm, and acts for listed companies, government and quasi-government bodies and large privately owned entities. Best for: employers wanting employment, industrial relations and safety advice and representation from one national practice.

Workplace Conduct

Workplace Investigations

Mills Oakley conducts workplace investigations for employers as a distinct engagement.

  • Workplace investigations: one of the practice’s eight service lines.

Best for: employers that need a workplace investigation.

Operational Coverage

  • ACT (Remote) Local presence: Physical office Level 1, 121 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra ACT, 2601
  • New South Wales (Remote) Local presence: Physical office Level 7, 151 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW, 2000
  • Northern Territory (Remote) Local presence: Physical office Level 2, Charles Darwin Centre, 19 Smith Street Mall, Darwin NT, 0800
  • Queensland (Remote) Local presence: Physical office Level 23, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD, 4000
  • South Australia (Remote) Local presence: Physical office Level 17, 91 King William Street, Adelaide SA, 5000
  • Tasmania (Remote)
  • Victoria (Remote) Local presence: Physical office Level 6, 530 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC, 3000
  • Western Australia (Remote) Local presence: Physical office Level 24, 240 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA, 6000

Industry

Industry Experience

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

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FAQs

What does the Mills Oakley workplace practice do for employers?

The practice undertakes both advisory work and litigation across workplace relations, employment and safety: employment contracts, policies and procedures, employment disputes, terminations and redundancies, employment entitlements and underpayment remediation, workplace investigations, industrial relations including enterprise bargaining and industrial action, work health and safety including critical incident response, and executive terminations and post-employment restraints.

Where does the workplace practice operate?

Mills Oakley has a nationwide footprint, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide and Darwin, so employers in every state and territory can be served.

Can the practice run a workplace investigation separately from advising on the outcome?

Yes. Workplace investigations are one of the practice's service lines in their own right, so an employer can instruct lawyers to investigate allegations and produce written findings before deciding what action to take.

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