Employment: Victoria
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 4
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+61 2 9230 4000About
Provided by Allens
Allens' Employment practice is highly respected by key players in the market, with incredible bench strength. Our experienced team provides clients with the full spectrum of workplace relations services throughout Australia and Asia to help minimize workplace issues, protect corporate reputation and promote clients as employers of choice.
We advise clients on the full spectrum of employment, workplace relations and safety legal services, including employment contracts and policies, award compliance, enterprise bargaining and industrial dispute management, restructuring and redundancies, performance management, managing ill or injured employees, investigations, disciplinary action and termination of employment, consultancy agreements, restraint of trade and protecting confidential information, incentive and reward schemes, outsourcing and insourcing, transferring employees, discrimination and sexual harassment, bullying and work health and safety.
We understand that a specific legal solution is not always the best solution – it all depends on the organisation's business objectives. We place great importance on getting to know our clients and their specific business needs in order to formulate the best course of action.
Our trained and accredited mediators can also negotiate union demands and pursue industrial hearings to deal with strikes, bans and picket lines. However, where litigation is unavoidable, our experienced lawyers act promptly to defend clients' interests in court
Chambers Review
Allens is well placed to advise on employment issues arising from major corporate transactions and restructures, including compliance reviews. The team is known for advising on litigation mandates involving breach of employment contract and discrimination, and is also able to provide advice with regard to industrial relations and workplace investigations. The firm is increasingly active in advising clients on compliance reviews for modern awards. Allens represents leading Australian and international clients from a wide range of sectors, including mining, banking and entertainment.
Work Highlights
- Allens represented DuPont Memcor in relation to a claim brought by a former labour hire employee alleging contraventions of the general protections provisions of the Fair Work Act, 2009.
Strengths
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"What sets Allens apart is their pragmatic, solutions-focused approach, down-to-earth manner, and how well they tailor their advice to our company’s environment, culture and risk appetite."
"They consistently and promptly provide commercially astute and pragmatic legal advice."
"What sets Allens apart is their pragmatic, solutions-focused approach, down-to-earth manner, and how well they tailor their advice to our company’s environment, culture and risk appetite."
"They consistently and promptly provide commercially astute and pragmatic legal advice."
Notable Practitioners
Simon Dewberry often advises large corporates on compliance and investigations into issues such as underpayment and whistle-blowing.
"Simon Dewberry is very articulate and straight to the point while explaining things in a manner that is easily understood."
"Simon is both very responsive and knowledgeable."
Veronica Siow often advises employers on investigations and compliance matters, in addition to handling executive appointments, workforce restructures and payment issues. She wins praise for her meticulous approach to matters.
"Veronica is very relationship-driven, very consistent and always seeks to understand our drivers."
"Veronica Siow is very responsive and available."
Sikeli Ratu has a broad practice across the spectrum of employment including Fair Work Act matters, employee benefit issues and enterprise bargaining matters.
"Sikeli Ratu has been exceptional, providing us with very thorough, calm and considered advice."
"Sikeli Ratu is one of the smartest lawyers I know, he has a wide knowledge base, is very practical and pragmatic, and is just super easy to deal with."