Workplace Law

  • Contracts of employment
  • Legal issues arising on termination of employment
  • Unlawful discrimination legislation
  • Modern Awards
  • Enterprise agreements

PCC Lawyers can work with you to ensure your organisation meets the obligations imposed by the workplace legislation in a manner which maximises your competitive advantage. Our lawyers have extensive experience in drafting contracts of employment, advising in relation to the complex legal issues which arise when an employee’s employment is terminated and assisting organisations to set up and review workplace policies and procedures.

We also have experience managing the litigation that can sometimes arise when an employee leaves an organisation in a cost effective and commercial manner.

Law update : General employment

Senior executive found to have not engaged in misconduct and awarded damages

The NSW Supreme Court has found EDI wrongly dismissed its managing director on the grounds of misconduct and denied him a substantial bonus.

The company dismissed the managing director following a fall in profits of the company however later claimed that he had been dismissed due to alleged misconduct, based on evidence it had discovered after he left its employment.

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Retrenched executive is allowed to keep a “mistaken” redundancy payment

A company which mistakenly paid its national operations manager a $27,000 severance payment, believing it was require do so under an award, has failed in its attempt to recoup the money.

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