Employment Law Services

ASSISTING dIRECTORS & MANAGERS

CAPABILITY STATEMENT

Workforce Advisory Lawyers can assist you in all areas of employment law, including:

• Industrial disputes, strikes and pickets

• Independent contractor agreements and key person arrangements

• Contracts of employment, contracts and subcontract agreements

• Discrimination, unfair dismissal and general protection claims

• Employee discipline, including lawful termination

• Line Manager training and Director awareness training on statutory compliance

• Managing ill and injured employees in your workforce

• Negotiating and filing enterprise agreements

• Project planning and strategic workforce assessments

• Restraint of trade and breach of contract issues

• Subcontractor management, assessment and training

• The introduction of performance management systems

• Transmission of business and sale of business issues

• Union right of entry training and achieving a balance with operational needs

• Independent contractor assessment

• Workforce investigations

• Workforce planning, policies, procedures and protocols

• Workforce restructuring

   

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What do clients pay? 

• The hourly rate for our Director can range from $345.00 to $450.00 plus GST.

  • Historical or volume client.

  • Returning client.

  • New client.

  • Out of industry complex client.

  • New referred client.

  • Employer Association member or referred client.

• The minimum a client would pay on average to open a file, take instruction and produce a complex letter would start at $660.00, including GST.

• A commercial enquiry would commonly start from $1,200.00 plus GST.

• A commercial employment law complex issues commonly start from $5,000.00 to $16,000.00 plus GST.

• Four hours of monthly support for Management Teams is $1,200.00 plus GST.

• An enterprise agreement process starts from $6,000.00 to $14,000.00 plus GST.

 

NES & COMPLIANCE:

We provide support to employers in understanding their complaint obligations, including advising:

• A midsized employer 200+ in the Federal Circuit Court in response to underpayment of NES entitlements on termination.

• A small remote employer 15+ in a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation in response to underpayment of wages.

• A commercial contractor in an FWO investigation in response to underpayment of wages.

• Multiple Industry Associations enquiries to assist Members regarding the NES.

• A commercial contractor in response to an investigation into alleged sham contracting.

• An employer in response to a Union investigation to underpayment of wages in Sydney.

• A service contractor on an adverse action application.

ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT:

We advise on enterprise agreement negotiations, interpretation, strategy and drafting for employers including:

• Commercial builders.

• Industry Associations in QLD, SA, VIC, NSW, and WA.

• Employers with enterprise agreement variations.

• Commercial contractors with enterprise agreements in regional Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.

• Remote service station/roadhouse and hospitality business.

• Enterprise agreement interpretation.

OTHER WORKS:

• Drafting Director Guarantees.

• Drafting Non-Disclosure Agreements.

• Drafting independent contractor agreements and key person agreements.

• Policy development for an employer working in remote aboriginal communities’ policy.

• Contract drafting for an employer drafting a remote area labour-hire agreement.

• Employers with common law breach of contract issues.

• Industrial relation disputes.

• Industrial relation hearings, mentions and conferences.

• Breach of anti-discrimination legislation and hearings.