About

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Clayton Utz's Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety (WRES) team has a proud multi-jurisdiction focus, with the practice and team located across Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and Western Australia. Led by 11 Partners, the team operates across six key areas being Employment, Industrial Relations, Safety, Investigations, Risk & Compliance, and Discrimination, Diversity & Equal Opportunity.




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Employment: Western Australia - Australia
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Band 1
What the team is known for

Clayton Utz is especially active for federal and local government bodies, with a particularly robust client base and expertise in the aviation, technology and university sectors. The firm boasts a highly regarded litigation team, which focuses on discrimination, bullying and industrial disputes, as well as restraint of trade. The firm also handles matters relating to sexual harassment and fraud. Further areas of focus include the use and development of technology to aid in the calculation of the financial impact of proposed clause amendments in enterprise agreements, as well as in evidence analysis for investigations and in compliance reviews. Notable clients include the Fair Work Ombudsman, Suburban Rail Loop Authority and Austal Ships.

Work Highlights

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  • Clayton Utz represented Wipro against the State of New South Wales in the NSW Court of Appeal regarding whether an employee who had worked for the company in India and NSW was entitled to long-service leave upon resignation.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Saul Harben
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Saul Harben
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Band 1

Saul Harben enjoys a strong reputation for enterprise bargaining and workplace health and safety matters. He is particularly noted for advising energy and mining clients.

"Saul is a great operator."

Anna Casellas
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Anna Casellas
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Band 2

Anna Casellas handles the full range of employment issues from litigious matters pertaining to industrial relations and dismissals as well as contractual and compliance. She wins praise for the depth of her knowledge and the level of service she provides.

"Anna was helpful and responsive."

Dan Trindade
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Dan Trindade
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Band 3

Dan Trindade is a well-regarded figure in the Victorian market and is noted for handling industrial strategy and enterprise bargaining disputes.

"Dan is a good operator."

Shae McCartney
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Shae McCartney
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Band 4

Shae McCartney has an active work health and safety practice advising on workplace investigations and COVID-19 measures for a variety of corporate clients.

"Shae provides sound advice and often simplifies complex legal considerations during meetings to ensure understanding. She is approachable, knowledgeable and is very aware of the complex operating environment and provides positive customer service."

"Shae is an exceptional practitioner whose expertise, knowledge and professionalism has, amongst other things, guided our organisation through complex statutory review programs of high value."

Ranked Lawyers at
Clayton Utz

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Employment: Victoria

Dan Trindade
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Dan Trindade
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Band 3
Employment: Western Australia

Saul Harben
1
Saul Harben
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Band 1
Anna Casellas
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Anna Casellas
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Band 2
Health & Safety

Shae McCartney
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Shae McCartney
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Band 4

Members

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Allison Shannon

Amanda Lyras

Christy Miller

Dan Trindade

Dan Trindade

Head of Department

Hilary Searing

Jennifer Wyborn

Matt Kelleher

Stuart Pill

Industries

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Aviation

Banking & Financial Services

Energy & Resources

Government

Higher Education

Life Sciences

Technology

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