About

Provided by Hall & Wilcox

Our leading Employment and Workplace Relations team offers expertise across all areas of employment and industrial relations law. We are also experienced litigators and advocates, representing clients in all types of employment-related litigation in the Fair Work Commission, anti-discrimination tribunals and the courts.

With six dedicated employment partners and a wealth of talent across our national team, we provide practical, commercial advice and strategic solutions to our clients. We partner with our clients to protect their interests, deliver their workplace strategies and, when the need arises, defend them from employment-related claims.

Our team is experienced in handling sensitive, high-profile matters where reputation is paramount. We manage these cases with care and with the high level of service for which we are known.

We advise on:

  • discrimination and equal opportunity
  • industrial relations
  • migration services
  • privacy
  • restraints of trade, employment claims and transfer of business issues, and
  • work, health and safety.

We serve public and private organisations that are based locally or offshore with Australian interests. They operate in a range of industries, including manufacturing, banking and financial services, insurance, education, mining, aged care, retail, film and television, storage and distribution, construction, recruitment, agribusiness, information technology, horticulture and transport.

Chambers Review

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Employment: Victoria - Australia
5
Band 5
What the team is known for

Hall & Wilcox regularly advises employers across the range of contentious industrial and employee relations matters, including union disputes, restraint of trade matters and workplace harassment. It is especially active in disputes, appearing before tribunals, courts and the Fair Work Commission. The team is also able to assist with the employment aspects of restructurings. Notable clients include Michael Page International and AusNet Services.

Work Highlights

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  • Hall & Wilcox assisted WorkCover Qld with preventing industrial action by unions in relation to the negotiation of a new certified agreement.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Aaron Dearden
4
Aaron Dearden
4
Band 4

Aaron Dearden handles various industrial relations and contract disputes, as well as advocating in key employment-related litigation.

"Aaron is one of the most responsive partners I have dealt with in employment law. I cannot tell you how responsive he has been – exceptional."

"He can think of practical ways to resolve disputes."

Mark Dunphy
4
Mark Dunphy
4
Band 4

Mark Dunphy advises on industrial relations and executive issues in both contentious and non-contentious contexts. He regularly provides advice to clients in a variety of sectors.

Ranked Lawyers at
Hall & Wilcox

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Employment: New South Wales

Aaron Dearden
4
Aaron Dearden
4
Band 4
Employment: Victoria

Mark Dunphy
4
Mark Dunphy
4
Band 4

Members

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Aaron Dearden

Alison Baker

Fay Calderone

Karl Rozenbergs

Head of Department

Rosemary Roach

Industries

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Aged care

Agribusiness

Banking and financial services

Construction

Education

Film and television

Horticulture

Information technology

Insurance

Manufacturing

Mining

Recruitment

Retail

Storage and distribution

Transport