Workplace Relations

Lawyers in our workplace relations team understand the delicate nature of employment issues and that a fundamental part of a business is its people. Our clients rely on us to help them negotiate difficult and complex employment issues in a strategic, cost effective and timely manner.

Madgwicks has extensive experience in acting for employers, employees and insolvency administrators in a diverse range of industries. Our services include:

• Employment agreements;
• HR policies, manuals and training sessions for management and staff tailored to individual businesses;
• Unfair dismissal and redundancy;
• Discrimination and sexual harassment; and
• Employment litigation in all courts, tribunals and commissions.

Employment Agreements

We prepare and negotiate employment agreements to meet the needs of your business including:

• Standard letters of offer;
• Fixed term and specified task contracts;
• Senior executive contracts;
• AWAs, Certified Agreements; and
• Independent contractor/consultancy agreements.

We also advise on the interaction between agreements and relevant awards.

Industrial

We represent employers in unfair dismissal claims, logs of claims and breach of award proceedings and common law wrongful termination claims.

Discrimination

We advise on equal opportunity and discrimination law and represent employers and employees in discrimination and harassment claims.

Other HR Related Services:

• Development of HR policies for individual businesses;
• Anti-discrimination, sexual, racial harassment codes;
• Disciplinary and redundancy procedures; and
• Seminars and training sessions for clients' management and staff;
• Advising on GEERS and other employee entitlement issues; and
• Defending workplace prosecutions and OH&S risk management.

For further information contact Madgwicks' Workplace Relations Team:

Tim Greenall Special Counsel
Phone:	+61 3 9242 4721
Fax:	+61 3 9242 4777
Email:	Tim.Greenall@madgwicks.com.au