Practical Law Practice Areas
Employment
Employment and workplace relations law in Australia is a myriad of complicated and interrelated federal, state and common laws. Practical Law provides practical know-how to navigate this complex area of law.
Why Practical Law Employment?
Understand the law in practice
Gain clarity on complicated and interrelated federal, state and common laws and let our team of expert employment law writers guide you through the complexities of an employment matter.

Protect your clients or organisation
Don't get caught off guard. Know what workplace relations risks your clients or organisation faces, so that you can put in place best practice policies and procedures.

Upskill your team
Empower your team and delegate with confidence, when you know all juniors are working from resources developed by employment law experts with practice experience.

Keep your finger on the pulse
Stay abreast of the latest employment law developments with regular legal updates and authoritative commentary on the changes that really matter.
Meet our Employment experts

Linda Taylor
Head of Employment
Linda has over 15 years' experience in employment, industrial relations and work health and safety law in both private practice and in-house roles. Prior to joining Practical Law, Linda held senior management positions with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation advising the ABC Board, ABC Directors and line management on a variety of matters including termination of employment, transfer of business, disciplinary and grievance investigations, performance management, HR policy, enterprise bargaining, disputes and employment related litigation, work health and safety, and workers' compensation. Linda holds a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University and a Masters of Law and Legal Practice from the University of Technology, Sydney. Linda has a particular interest in the management of ill and injured workers and work health and safety.

Sophie Bonnette
Senior Lawyer Writer
Sophie joined Practical Law in April 2020 and has over eight years’ experience in employment, work health and safety, and industrial relations law. She has practised at international and nationally-based firms, including Norton Rose Fulbright Australia and Henry Davis York, as well as Legal Counsel – Employment Law within an ASX-listed healthcare company. Sophie has experience across different industries in all aspects of the employment relationship including industrial disputes, redundancy, transfer of business, and disciplinary and grievance processes.

Rohan Burn
Lawyer Writer
Rohan joined Practical Law in August 2022. Rohan has practiced exclusively in the areas of employment and industrial law for several years.

Kirinya Khamsone
Senior Lawyer Writer
Kirinya joined Practical Law from the Workplace Relations and Safety team at Holding Redlich, Brisbane, where she held the position of Senior Associate. Prior to her role at Holding Redlich, she was employed at Brisbane firm CRH Law working primarily in the area of employment and industrial law. She joins the Practical Law Employment team with over nine years’ experience in practice, during which she acted for employer, employee and union clients. She has broad experience in employment matters, including in the areas of discrimination law, disciplinary matters, contract and Fair Work Act disputes, workplace health and safety and in the conduct of disputes in state and federal tribunals and courts.
Our Employment team has you covered
Pay, benefits and entitlements
- National Employment Standards
- Modern awards and enterprise agreements
- Employee pay and benefits
- Other worker pay arrangements
- Transfer of business
Protecting business interests
- Confidentiality, intellectual property and conflict of interest
- Restraints of trade
Discrimination at work
- Grounds and elements
- Case management and procedure
- Remedies
Industrial
- Enterprise agreement terms and bargaining
- Industrial action and right of entry
Ending working relationships
- Redundancy
- Termination
- Settlement and settlement agreements
Managing working relationships and the workplace
- Managing work and the workplace
- Managing grievances, conduct and fair treatment
- Health, safety and incapacity
- Whistleblowers
- Privacy and surveillance
Disputes and litigation
- FWC case management and procedure
- Civil remedy provisions
- Minimum entitlement and underpayment claims
- General protections disputes
- Enterprise agreement and industrial disputes
- FWC dismissal disputes
- Other FWC disputes
- Other work-related causes of action
Experience it for yourself
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