Workplace Relations

The law relating to Workplace Relations is varied, complex and ever changing and requires informed and experienced lawyers who can get to the crux of a problem quickly and efficiently.

Lawyers involved in the area need to be able to see and deal with the broader context as well as being able to address the particular issue in question.

Our Workplace Relations team of lawyers can provide expertise in all aspects of the law to assist you in avoiding problems and to solve problems if they arise in an efficient and cost effective manner. In doing so they will use their skills in negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation as required.

Employers

Employers must ensure they comply with the applicable legislation, regulations and case law which constitute our IR system. Employers must therefore have up to date workplace practices in place to prevent litigation from employees and Government authorities.

 Employees

With our evolving industrial relations system, employee rights are often obscure. We at Aitken Partners have the knowledge and experience to identify employees' rights and to assist in adopting the best approach to enforce them.

Our Workplace Relations team can provide advice on the following workplace issues:

• Employment contracts

  Drafting appropriate contracts, interpreting and enforcing.

• Terminations & redundancies

  Managing process and entitlements.

• Restraints of trade

  Drafting, advising and enforcing appropriate restraints.

• Confidentiality and non-competition

  Drafting, interpreting and enforcing clauses.

• Collective Agreements

  Negotiating, drafting, interpreting and enforcing agreements.

• Workplace policies and procedures

  Drafting appropriate policies and procedures.

• Equal Opportunity, sexual harassment/bullying

  Risk management, formulation of policies, training and managing complaints.

• Employee/Contractor issues

  Drafting, interpreting and enforcing contracts.

• Occupational health and safety compliance

  Risk management, prosecutions and inquests.

• Workplace Relations Act and other legislation

  Managing workplace change and interpreting legislation.

• Industrial disputes

  Managing issues and outcomes.

• Human Resources

  Recruitment practices and procedures; non-performance and misconduct management.

• Award interpretation

  Identifying, interpreting and enforcing appropriate Awards.