Employment law
- Employment law is concerned with the relations between workers and their employers on matters ranging from wages and compensation, through to harassment and discrimination based on gender, disability or age.
Our lawyers are able to assist you with any difficulties you’re having at work.
- Do you think you’re being underpaid? Are your employment conditions not being observed? It’s often difficult to determine exactly what you’re entitled to and exactly what you’re required to do as part of your job. Your pay and working conditions may be set by a complicated contract, award, or enterprise agreement.
- Being forced out of your job—either through dismissal or redundancy—can be a stressful and traumatic experience, particularly if you think you’ve been treated unfairly by your employer.
- there was no valid reason for your dismissal relating to your conduct or your capacity to do your job;
- you were not notified of the reason for your dismissal;
- you were not given an opportunity to respond to your employer’s reasons before you were finally dismissed;
- your employer refused to allow you to have a support person present at any discussions about the dismissal; or
- the dismissal related to unsatisfactory performance and you were not given a warning.
- The law provides protections against violation of fundamental rights in the workplace. For example, it is generally unlawful for an employer to take adverse action against you on the basis of:
- race;
- colour;
- sex;
- sexual preference;
- disability;
- marital status;
- family or carer responsibilities;
- pregnancy;
- religion;
- political opinion;
- national extraction;
- social origin; or
- involvement or non-involvement in an industrial organisation such as a trade union.