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Ai Group Workplace Lawyers

Unrivalled workplace relations expertise.
Backed by Australia’s peak employer body.

About Ai Group Workplace Lawyers

We partner with Ai Group, Australia’s peak employer association, to deliver insightful workplace relations advice and strategy to your business.

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  • Work Health & Safety

  • Disputes & Claims

  • Grievances, Bullying & Discrimination

  • Enterprise Bargaining

  • Employment & Industrial Relations

Work Health & Safety

We recognise the significant risk posed to corporations arising from the regulatory obligations under workplace health and safety laws.

In response to this we have established a team of experts who add value through the depth of their experience both by protecting businesses legally as well as aiding in accident prevention.

How we can help
  • Risk identification and recommendations
  • Reviewing Inspector Notices
  • Guidance and assistance with SafeWork investigations
  • Advice regarding reducing costs when facing potential regulator prosecution
  • Advice and representation in court proceedings
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Disputes & Claims

We have extensive experience advising business on a range of employee and union disputes and claims, and frequently represent employers in the Fair Work Commission and other courts and tribunals.

We work with you to develop effective dispute resolution strategies that align with your commercial objectives.

How we can help
  • Adverse Action/General Protections
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Bullying, discrimination and harassment
  • Breach of contract
  • Good faith bargaining disputes
  • Enterprise agreement and bargaining disputes
  • Industrial Action
  • Representation in the Fair Work Commission and other courts
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Grievances, Bullying & Discrimination

Bullying, discrimination and harassment in the workplace can pose significant reputational, safety and cultural risks to your business.

We can help you navigate the technical legal landscape and develop appropriate, compliant and effective management strategies.

How we can help
  • Grievance and complaint management
  • Workplace investigations
  • Advice on employer obligations
  • Policies and procedures
  • Implementation and education
  • Managing investigation outcomes
  • Representation in bullying, discrimination and general protections claims
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Enterprise Bargaining

Enterprise bargaining is a complex field that requires strong technical expertise and an understanding of industrial realities.

We are specialists in all aspects of enterprise bargaining and enterprise agreement strategy, and we are dedicated to achieving bargaining outcomes for your business.

How we can help
  • Strategic planning
  • Negotiation and stakeholder communication
  • Drafting enterprise agreements
  • Proactive engagement of unions
  • Protected action ballot order
  • Planning for and responding to industrial action
  • Dispute resolution
  • Voting and approvals process
  • Variations and terminations
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Employment & Industrial Relations

We understand that managing people can be one of the most important and challenging aspects of running a business.

Our unique knowledge and expertise spans the complete employment lifecycle, enabling us to partner with you to deliver effective solutions that align with your commercial objectives.

How we can help
  • Employment contracts and policies
  • Recruitment and onboarding
  • Employee entitlements
  • Managing ill and injured workers
  • Restraint of trade
  • Performance management and disciplinary action
  • Workplace investigations
  • Union relationships and industrial action
  • Separation, redundancy and termination
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Work Health & Safety

We recognise the significant risk posed to corporations arising from the regulatory obligations under workplace health and safety laws.

In response to this we have established a team of experts who add value through the depth of their experience both by protecting businesses legally as well as aiding in accident prevention.

Disputes & Claims

We have extensive experience advising business on a range of employee and union disputes and claims, and frequently represent employers in the Fair Work Commission and other courts and tribunals.

We work with you to develop effective dispute resolution strategies that align with your commercial objectives.

Grievances, Bullying & Discrimination

Bullying, discrimination and harassment in the workplace can pose significant reputational, safety and cultural risks to your business.

We can help you navigate the technical legal landscape and develop appropriate, compliant and effective management strategies.

Enterprise Bargaining

Enterprise bargaining is a complex field that requires strong technical expertise and an understanding of industrial realities.

We are specialists in all aspects of enterprise bargaining and enterprise agreement strategy, and we are dedicated to achieving bargaining outcomes for your business.

Employment & Industrial Relations

We understand that managing people can be one of the most important and challenging aspects of running a business.

Our unique knowledge and expertise spans the complete employment lifecycle, enabling us to partner with you to deliver effective solutions that align with your commercial objectives.

Get to know our team of workplace relations experts.

Meet Karen Nelson

Karen combines first-hand industry knowledge with technical expertise.

"Some businesses still view legal advice as a service that is sought to deal with a problem, unaware that we have the expertise and resources to assess business, forecast potential problems and offer advice aligned with its goals."

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Ai Group is genuinely representative of Australian industry. Together with partner organisations we represent the interests of more than 60,000 businesses employing more than 1 million people. Our members are small and large businesses in sectors including manufacturing, construction, engineering, transport & logistics, labour hire, mining services, the defence industry, civil airlines and ICT.

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Their advice is always practical, and risk rated and they create a genuine sense that they are with you and as invested in the matter as the business is.

― Graham Beal – EGM – Human Resources and Safety, Coates Hire

News & Insights

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Termination of employment upheld despite the termination being “bereft of procedural fairness”

On 27 January 2021, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down its decision in Jacob Battle v Macleay Options Inc [2021] FWC 237. The FWC considered whether the termination of the Applicant’s employment with the Respondent, Macleay Options, amounted to unfair dismissal considering the lack of procedural fairness afforded to the Applicant, Mr Jacob Battle, prior to the termination. To […]

“Obvious impracticability” of sanitising a koala justified employer making an employee redundant

On 16 July 2020, the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision in Samuel McClelland v Kamori Australia Pty Ltd t/a Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary [2020] FWC 3707 which determined whether the Respondent’s decision to terminate the Applicant’s employment amounted to unfair dismissal and was not due to the genuine redundancy of his role. The Applicant was employed as […]

Court held “Re-negotiation” is defined as when a new agreement is reached, not when the parties first commence bargaining

On 22 October 2020, the Federal Court handed down its decision in Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union v Qube Logistics (Rail) Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1520 which dealt with interpretation of an enterprise agreement term in relation to the meaning of “re-negotiation” under the Independent Railways of Australia Enterprise Agreement 2011 (Railways Agreement). This dispute arose […]

Workplace outburst and swearing justified dismissal

There are times when bad language may form part of a valid reason for dismissal, but as a recent decision of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) demonstrates, the context and surrounding circumstances play a crucial role. The employee in this case was a sales consultant for Daimler Trucks Laverton (“Daimler”). He was working at a […]

2018 in review: Key workplace relations developments

Three specialists from Ai Group Workplace Lawyers discuss the key workplace relations developments of 2018 (as well as a few on the horizon for 2019) and what they could mean for your business.

Keeping it Casual

Still keepin’ it casual? – Casual Employment Part 2

Ai Group’s Head of Consulting and Legal Services and one of the team’s senior lawyers conducted a live, interactive session to talk about two of the latest developments in this area.

Keepin' it Casual

Keepin’ it casual? – Navigating the modern minefield of Casual Employment

Two of Ai Group’s most senior lawyers cover the complex and frequently misunderstood minefield of casual employment.

Labour Law

Contract Labour Licensing Law – Special Updates

The latest update on the Labour Hire Licensing Schemes in South Australia, Queensland and Victoria.

Policy Influence Reform Forum

PIR (Policy-Influence-Reform) Forum

June 3, 2019 10:00 am – June 4, 2019 2:00 pm

The Government has announced that the next federal election will be held in May and therefore Ai Group’s 2019 Annual PIR Conference will be held shortly after the election.

2019 Election Series: Workplace Relations in Focus

2019 Election Series: Workplace Relations in Focus

In this special three-part online series, the Ai Group Workplace Relations Team will tackle the big ticket IR and workplace relations items that should be squarely on your radar. We will discuss practical implications for your business and answer your questions live ‘on the air’.

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