Find Lawyers in Melbourne, Australia for Labour and Employment Law

Mark’s practice encompasses both litigious and non-litigious applications of employment and industrial relations law. Mark is skilled in dealing with matters involving: industrial disputes and their implications; drafting and advising on enterprise agreements; award interpretation and ramifications; providing advice and acting in litigious matters regarding terminations, employee discipline, unfair dismissals, adverse action claims, common law disputes, equal opportunity, discrimination...

For more than 20 years, Chris has advised some of Australia's leading employers on workplace strategy, complex human resources issues and high-stakes litigation. Chris loves the engagements that really matter for clients, working with business leaders who can best take advantage of his experience. For Chris, workplace law is his expertise, but helping businesses achieve their goals is his passion. His considerable expertise in workplace change has been forged in the toughest of environments, ...

Luke understands the complex dynamics that make up the employer–employee relationship, the human component that makes this area of law so unique. For more than 20 years he has been resolving issues that have an impact on a company’s culture and profitability, and that are often highly emotional for the people involved. Luke’s clients vary from large corporate ASX listed companies and multinationals through to smaller local businesses and executives. Clients praise Luke for h...

Justine advises clients in relation to employment arrangements and industrial instruments, workplace policies, executive employment issues, termination of employment, enterprise bargaining, industrial action, and workforce restructures. She has particular experience in post-employment restraint matters and has assisted employers to obtain injunctive relief in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Federal Court of Australia. Justine also has experience acting in employment and industrial litig...

Chris practises in the area of employment, workplace relations, and safety. He has extensive experience in the Victorian and Federal industrial relations and discrimination tribunals. Chris advises and represents employers on issues involving unjust dismissal claims, anti-discrimination claims, enterprise bargaining, industrial disputes, employment disputes and drafting of employment contracts. Chris also advises and defends corporate clients in respect of investigations and prosecutions by g...

An experienced litigator representing employers when litigation is unavoidable or advantageous, Erin has the game plan needed to protect or attack. She has worked in both private practice and in-house roles and uses her experience of being a client to deliver the best legal strategy through a lens of practicality. She enjoys using the opportunities presented by employment and industrial problems to deliver outcomes for her clients. Erin has extensive experience managing employment investigati...

Since coming to the Bar Eliza has practiced in general commercial law, including employment and industrial disputes in both State and Federal jurisdictions, taxation proceedings in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and in administrative and other public law matters. Eliza also acts regularly for both the Victorian WorkCover Authority and corporate defendants in occupational, health and safety prosecutions, and has appeared in pleas, committals and trials. Click here to view Eli...

Sam partners with the firm’s clients to help them better manage their workplace risks; including employment & IR disputes, critical incidents, regulatory investigations and prosecutions. Sam's industry leading expertise is recognised by the Australian Financial Review's “Best Lawyers” guide awarding him the Best Lawyer Of The Year Award for Occupational Health & Safety Law in Melbourne for 2021. He is also listed as a Leading WHS Lawyer by Doyles Guide (2019, 2020) a...

Tim is an employment relations lawyer with over 19 years’ specialist employment relations experience at top-tier and mid-tier firms. Tim’s work focuses on achievement of commercial results with minimum disruption to the workplace through a combination of expert knowledge and a practical approach. He provides representation and advice on contentious and non-contentious matters. Tim’s expertise encompasses a wide range of employment and industrial relations matters including t...

Ben is a partner in Holding Redlich's Workplace Relations & Safety Group. He provides straightforward and practical guidance and direction to businesses in relation to all aspects of labour and employment law, helping them to understand the issues they face and deliver their desired commercial outcomes. In particular, Ben specialises in workplace strategy, including change management, restructuring, enterprise bargaining and responding to industrial action, defending against employee and ...

Charles draws on over 25 years of skills, expertise and experience in workplace relations and safety law. In addition to legal practice, Charles has served as an associate to a senior deputy president of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. In 1995 and 1996 Charles served as a Canberra-based adviser to a federal government minister. Charles gives legal advice and representation to organisations and individuals in all areas of the discipline, including: minimising legal risks associ...

David is a consultant in Holding Redlich's Workplace Relations for Employees Group. His areas of practice include: representing employees in complex employment disputes involving the termination of employment, discrimination claims, bullying claims and restraint of trade claims representing employees, councillors and statutory office holders involved in investigations by the Ombudsman, IBAC, Royal Commissions and professional disciplinary bodies acting for unions in relation to workplace issu...

Focusing on workplace relations strategy, Henry’s practice contemplates all aspects of workplace change and execution, including enterprise bargaining, collective labour disputes and litigation, individual employment arrangements and litigation, and construction and infrastructure management. He has acted for major employers in many of the largest and most complex matters in this field, in federal and state jurisdictions. His clients come from a range of industries, including mining and...

Penny draws on more than 20 years of experience in workplace health and safety law to help her clients manage the legal risks to their business. In difficult circumstances, Penny can be relied on to provide strategic insights and make a judgement call. She has extensive experience defending prosecutions across a broad range of industries as well as advising and representing clients on questions of law in the Victorian Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court of Australia. She is a strate...

Michael represents Australia’s leading employers. He advises on all aspects of employment, industrial and discrimination law. With particular experience advising and appearing for clients in complex employment and industrial relations litigation. What makes Michael more than a stand-out strategic litigator sought after by leading multi-nationals, is an Executive MBA from INSEAD University and experience in running successful businesses, which ensures that he intuitively understands comm...

Evan is an Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations. With extensive experience in employment and industrial relations law, Evan advises and represents a broad range of clients with a particular emphasis on assisting executive employees and registered organisations. Evan works closely with his clients to identify their goals and uses his experience to find the most efficient path to achieve those goals. Evan’s areas of expertise include: drafting, advising on and enforcing employment...

Ashley is a lawyer specialising in the areas of employment, industrial relations and safety. Ashley’s employment and industrial relations work sees him involved in a broad range of matters including advising clients on the management of employees (e.g. disciplinary, performance and capacity for work issues), defending employers in unfair dismissal and general protections claims, advising on underpayment claims and the application and interpretation of enterprise agreements and modern aw...