The industrial landscape in Australia makes it critical that employers across all industries and sectors have well-developed strategies in place for dealing with the myriad of industrial relations issues that can arise.
These can arise locally, nationally and globally, as trade unions utilise their networks to put pressure on employers to accede to their claims or otherwise exert their influence in the workplace.
The issues arise not only as day-to-day operational matters, but also crucially in the context of mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructures and in construction and expansion projects, where the execution of well thought out labour strategies will often influence the success or otherwise of the deal or project.
Our expert team is at the forefront of developments in industrial relations reform and understand the need to manage a range of stakeholders, including trade unions.
We represent public and private sector clients and provide advice about all types of industrial matters, including restructures, industrial disputes, unlawful picketing, rights of entry, protected and unprotected industrial action, union coverage and representation and enterprise bargaining.
