Employment: Western Australia

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Provided by Ashurst

Department: Employment

Partners in this department: 12

No of employees in department: 68

Ashurst's Employment practice has been a leader in the Australian market for over 20 years.

Led by Stephen Woodbury, the practice includes the highly respected Ian Humphreys and Jennie Mansfield and enjoys a depth of experience through its Senior Statesmen Adrian Morris, Helen McKenzie, Richard Bunting and Rob Lilburne. Other key members include Jane Harvey, Jon Lovell and James Hall.

We assist clients in all aspects of workplace relations; employment, executive remuneration and benefits, industrial relations, workplace safety, discrimination and workplace training, including:

• Wage underpayment compliance: Advising large companies (including Woolworths and Qantas) about rectification programs to identify and rectify past underpayments, negotiate enforceable undertakings with the Fair Work Ombudsman, and embed compliance for the future.   

• Industrial relations, enterprise bargaining and class actions:  Advising leading employers including Airservices and Workpac to unlock productivity through enterprise bargaining, and dealing with industrial action, union strategies and class actions.  

• Work Health and Safety:  Advising many public and private sector employers on safety incidents, coronial inquiries and fatalities and addressing their Boards about WHS duties. 

• Workplace investigations: Advising on and conducting investigations for clients including AGL and Qantas.