We provide an extensive range of services in employment, industrial relations and workplace law including, advice, litigation, advocacy, dispute resolution, drafting and negotiation.
Employment, Workplace, Industrial Relations, Discrimination
Some of our services and service areas include:
- Employment Contracts and Executive Contracts
- Enterprise Agreements and Bargaining
- Industrial relations and industrial disputes
- Termination of employment advice, claims, unfair dismissal applications, conciliation arbitration and unlawful termination applications
- Entitlements, underpayment and unpaid wages claims
- Restraints of trade, post-employment restraints and restrictive covenants, non-solicitation and employee competition
- Confidential information and intellectual property disputes and protection
- Award claims, coverage, contraventions and award compliance
- Discrimination based on parental responsibilities and sexual harassment
- Bonus schemes, commission claims and employee incentive schemes
- Fair Work Act 2009 claims
- Jurisdictional objections, time limitations, concurrent applications
- Human rights and equal opportunity claims
- Contracting agreements and outsourcing armaments
- Redundancy, restructuring, retrenchment and transfer of employment
- Services agreements, contractors and personal services arrangements
- Disciplinary action, grievance procedures, workplace complaints and privileged workplace investigations
- Injunctions, equitable relief, equitable and fiduciary duties
- Workplace investigations and employee grievances
- Employment policies, procedures, codes of conduct and employee handbooks
- General protections conferences and general protection court applications, adverse action and victimisation claims, including discrimination based on race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, family or carer’s responsibilities, pregnancy, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin
- Advice on and drafting deeds of release and terms of settlement and mutual separation of employment
- Resignation, notice and gardening leave
- Expenses claims, overpayment and mistake of payment
We act and advise in contentious and non-contentious workplace matters. We have acted, advised and appeared in employment, discrimination and industrial matters the Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court, Supreme to Local Courts of New South Wales and in other states, the Fair Work Commission, New South Wales Industrial Commission, New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board.
Crawford de Carne provides practical and efficient legal solutions and representation in contentious and non-contentious employment scenarios and in dealing with industrial issues. Our practitioners have a resource of acquired and applied industrial knowledge in industries including: manufacturing, resources, mining, building and construction, health care, pharmaceuticals and pharmacy, transportation and distribution, food and health products, information technology, music, clothing and fashion.