Employment Law

Employment law in Australia is complicated, with rights and obligations derived from a number of sources including legislation at Federal and state levels. As a specialist in employment law, FCB is highly adept at translating complex legal obligations into clear and accurate advice for employers.

Our success is due in part to our ability to stay on top of changes in employment relations, often anticipating policy and legislative developments and their effects on our clients’ businesses. This ensures your organisation can respond promptly to legal obligations while providing a welcoming workplace for employees.

FCB has extensive expertise advising government, state-owned corporations and large public and private firms in the blue collar and professional sectors on their rights and responsibilities at every stage of the employment lifecycle. We can help you establish your business, recruit staff and manage restructures, redundancies and terminations. Our team can also provide commercial law services related to employment and workplace relations, including shareholder agreements, franchising, debt recovery and the sale and purchase of businesses.

Our employment law services include:

• Drafting and negotiating new contracts of employment
• Termination of employment
• Senior executive advice
• Drafting policies and compliance manuals
• Privacy
• Independent contractor agreements
• Workplace surveillance
• Protection of intellectual property and confidential information
• Restraints on post-employment conduct
• Incentive schemes

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