Employment Lawyers in Melbourne
Whether you’ve been in business for 30 years, or are about to engage your first employee, we can help, and we can do it in a way that works for you.
Employment and workplace relations law covers the whole employment lifecycle and ecosystem. From getting the hiring right with clear and compliant contracts, understanding Awards, managing performance, through to redundancy and termination, and managing Fair Work claims.
The adage ‘you don’t know what you don’t know’ never applied to anything more than the Fair Work Act. There’s no magic to it, but there’s a whole lot of case law, and we keep on top of it so you don’t have to.
HOW WE HELP
We understand the context of the situation
Your question may lead to a single phone call or a phone-a-friend retainer. You might need a single contract, or representation at the Fair Work Commission.
Just some of the things we do every day:
- Employment contracts
- Independent Contractor Agreements
- Litigation and representation at the Fair Work Commission and Courts
- Policies and procedures
- Audits – to make sure you’re compliant with all the relevant things
- Disputes – avoiding, managing and resolving them
- Superannuation obligations, including for contractors
- Injured employees
- Remuneration and pay advice
- Termination
- Redundancy
- Industrial representation
- Long service leave, including portable long service leave
- Award interpretation – from ‘which Award applies?’ to ‘what does that actually mean?’
- Curly questions and bizarre situations
Our approach
Employment law can be one of the most human areas of law. What works for one business, person or scenario won’t work for another – and we’ve been doing this long enough to know that a canned answer doesn’t cut it.
Managing employment issues can be tricky and emotional for everybody involved, and the best way to prevent a bitter dispute is to be respectful, transparent and fair. We know that a heavy handed, ‘management vs worker’ approach to disputes and management benefits nobody, so we approach all matters from a perspective of mutual respect and sensitivity.
We work with SMEs, from startups and micro businesses through to larger businesses with HR and legal departments, who call us when things get spicy or for a sanity check.
Prevention is always better than cure, and a 15 minute phone call might save you from an unfair dismissal claim.
A reassuring ear when matters have been difficult to deal with
Allie from Sinclair + May has always been able to offer excellent advice and sometimes even just a reassuring ear when matters have been difficult to deal with. Allie is extremely accessible over the phone and email, particularly as these incidents can be quite time critical. We would not hesitate to reach out to Sinclair and May again if we do need any more advice in the future.
– Fiona, Head of People, GrossWaddell ICR
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