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Employment and Industrial Relations

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Warren McKeon Dickson have experience in all employment matters and can assist both employers and employees with Employment and Industrial Law advice and disputes including:

  • The preparation of employment contracts and other related employment documentation
  • Advice and representation on all unfair dismissal and unfair contract disputes and litigation
  • Redundancy advice on entitlements and associated litigation
  • Enforcement of employment restraints and confidentiality agreements
  • Occupational Health and Safety advice including defending prosecutions
  • Advice on Federal and State Awards and their application
  • Enterprise bargaining, including the preparation and registration of workplace agreements
  • Managing industrial disputes and assisting in negotiations with unions and other stakeholders
  • Discrimination law including representation in all conciliations and proceedings
  • The preparation and implementation of employment policies for:

 

- Equal Employment Opportunities

- Workplace Discrimination and Harassment

- Privacy

- Email and Internet Use

- Occupational Health and Safety

 

The best method of reducing the problems which employees can cause your business is through the implementation of appropriate risk management procedures.
The information provided in the following Checklists is of a general nature and it is not a substitute for proper legal advice.
The following checklists are designed to provide some general guidelines for employers to refer to when considering new appointments, counselling existing employees and buying or selling business ventures.

 

  1. Choosing the Right Employees
  2. Managing Employees on Probation
  3. Employee Warning Procedure
  4. Transmission of Business

 

Key People

Dean Groundwater 

 has 17 years experience including 7 years in the Business Services, Taxation and Insolvency Divisions of a major accounting firm. Dean’s practice includes drafting all types of commercial agreements, dispute resolution and commercial litigation ...read more


Denis BowlesDenis Bowles 

Denis Bowles has specialised in commercial law for the last 20 years. Denis has wide and valuable experience in commercial transactions and large scale sales and acquisitions, advising on contractual disputes and conducting commercial litigation ...read more 


sutherland shire lawyer craig pryorCraig Pryor 

 Craig Pryor has extensive experience advising on commercial contracts, conducting commercial litigation and civil litigation generally. Craig regularly advises clients on commercial matters relating to the Corporations Act and drafting commercial  ...read more


Melissa Grant 

 Melissa’s practice covers property and commercial law, including conducting commercial litigation and bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings ...read more


Kara Yacoubian 

has experience in general commercial law. Kara’s practice includes commercial litigation, debt recovery, bankruptcy, insolvency law matters and drafting commercial contracts such as confidentiality agreements and shareholders agreements ...read more