Practice area
Employment law guidance for Victorian employers, boards and HR teams — workplace policies, performance management, terminations, investigations, modern awards and the obligations that protect both employers and staff.
A practical Australian guide for employers on post-employment restraints of trade — non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality clauses, the reasonableness test, cascading clauses, legitimate business interests, urgent injunctions, evidence and the strategic decisions that determine whether a restraint is actually enforceable.
A practical Australian employer guide to preventing, detecting and remediating wage underpayments — payroll audit methodology, the hierarchy of employment entitlements, civil and accessorial liability, the criminal underpayment offence from 1 January 2025, the Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code, Payday Super from 1 July 2026 and Victorian long-service-leave exposure.
A practical Australian guide for employers on managing ill and injured employees — personal leave, unpaid extended absence, capacity to perform the inherent requirements, medical evidence, reasonable adjustments, discrimination and workers compensation risk, general protections, and lawful termination on capacity grounds.
A practical Australian guide for employers, directors and HR teams on managing underperformance — identifying the performance gap, designing a defensible performance improvement plan, warnings, procedural fairness, protected rights, health and disability issues, and lawful termination for unsatisfactory performance.
A practical Victorian employer guide to identifying, assessing and controlling psychosocial hazards under the Occupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025 and the WorkSafe compliance code — work design, consultation, hierarchy of controls, complaint response, reviews and overlapping employment, discrimination and workers-compensation duties.
A practical Australian employer guide to the positive duty under section 47C of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) — reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sexual harassment, sex discrimination, sex-based harassment, hostile workplace environments on the ground of sex and related victimisation, with the AHRC's four Guiding Principles, seven Standards, Fair Work overlap and Victorian equal-opportunity and OHS overlay.
A practical Australian guide for employers on redundancy — what makes a redundancy 'genuine' under section 389, consultation obligations under modern awards and enterprise agreements, redeployment, selection criteria, redundancy pay and notice, sham redundancy and the interaction with unfair dismissal and general protections claims.
A practical Australian guide for employers, directors and HR teams on general protections claims — adverse action, workplace rights, industrial activity, freedom of association, the reverse onus of proof, the Fair Work Commission and court process, remedies, penalties and personal liability of managers.
A practical Australian guide for employers, directors and HR teams on unfair dismissal — eligibility, the Fair Work Commission process, time limits, valid reason, procedural fairness, remedies and how to respond to an application.
A practical Victorian guide to suspending an employee pending a workplace investigation — when suspension is justified, suspension with or without pay, procedural fairness, duration, confidentiality, Fair Work Commission considerations and common employer mistakes.
A practical Victorian guide for employers and HR decision-makers on workplace investigations — when to investigate, procedural fairness, witness interviews, confidentiality, suspension, investigation reports, Fair Work Commission implications and the common mistakes that create legal risk.
A plain-English Australian guide for business owners on the employee versus contractor distinction — the post-Personnel Contracting and Jamsek High Court approach, sham contracting risk, superannuation, PAYG, payroll tax, workers compensation and practical steps to reduce exposure.
A practical Victorian guide for employers on serious misconduct — what counts, when summary dismissal is lawful, why procedural fairness still matters, common mistakes and how to reduce unfair dismissal risk.
A practical guide for Victorian employers, directors and HR decision-makers — when an investigation is required, the principles of procedural fairness, common mistakes and what happens next.
Why paying an annual salary does not automatically meet award obligations — a practical guide for business owners, HR managers and not-for-profits on overtime, penalties, allowances and record keeping.
A practical guide for employers, managers, HR professionals and boards — the core principles of procedural fairness, common mistakes and how to run a defensible workplace investigation.
