The Employment Law & Industrial Relations practice group provides advice and litigation services in all areas of employment law and industrial relations, including in relation to:
- Awards and Enterprise Agreements
- industrial disputes
- unfair dismissals and public sector disciplinary appeals
- anti-discrimination
- licensing (firearms, security industry and tattoo parlours)
- disciplinary matters
- professional misconduct
- prohibited employment
- work, health and safety obligations.
The team provides litigation services in a range of jurisdictions, and regularly appears in matters in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the Supreme Court, the Industrial Relations Commission and the Industrial Court of NSW.
Key areas of expertise: industrial law; employment; discrimination law; occupational approvals and licensing; workplace health and safety; disciplinary matters.
Examples of our work for clients
- Acting for the Health Secretary in New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association v State of NSW [2024] NSWSC 636 in which the plaintiff alleged approximately 1,484 breaches of the Public Health System Nurses’ and Midwives’ (State) Award as it relates to minimum staffing requirements.
- Appearing in proceedings on behalf of clients to obtain dispute orders in respect of industrial action, including for the Health Secretary in NSW Ambulance v Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) [2023] NSWIRComm 1116 and NSW Ambulance v Health Services Union NSW [2023] NSWIRComm 1044.
- Appearing for the Commissioner of Police in Ryan v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2024] NSWCATAP 38, an appeal concerning the imposition of conditions on a firearms licence.
- Acting for the Commissioner of Police in Crown Employees (NSW Police Force Special Constables) (Security) Award 2023 [2024] NSWIRComm 1034, which concerned an application for a new award based on the work value, productivity and efficiency and special case principles.
- Acting for the Industrial Relations Secretary in the State Wage Case 2024, a broad review of the form and content of the Industrial Relations Commission’s Wage Fixing Principles.
- Acting for the Department of Education in Long v Secretary, Department of Education [2023] NSWCATAP 14, discrimination proceedings relating to parental leave entitlements for the father of children born through a surrogacy arrangement.
- Acting for the State of NSW, intervening in Conroy’s Smallgoods Pty Ltd v Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union [2023] FCAFC 59, which considered the interpretation of the phrase “applicable award-derived long service leave terms” in s. 113(1) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
- Acting for the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court in The Prothonotary v X [2024] NSWCA 251, proceedings seeking a declaration that the respondent is not a fit and proper person to remain on the roll of Australian lawyers and that the respondent’s name be removed from the roll.
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