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Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety | Associate/Senior Associate

Melbourne -CBD, VictoriaFull-time2026-10-14 → 2026-10-22
Hybrid

Core

Advising on employment contracts, workplace policies, performance management, terminations, enterprise bargaining, industrial strategy, union engagement, workplace health and safety investigations, and EEO compliance.

Role type

Associate/Senior Associate Workplace Relations Lawyer

Builds

Legal advice and representation for clients in employment and industrial relations matters

Domain

Legal services, Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Workplace Safety

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Employment law expertise, drafting, analytical skills, dispute resolution, enterprise bargaining, union engagement, workplace health and safety compliance, EEO compliance

Preferred skills

PAE experience, relationship-building, client service, initiative, collaborative mindset

Technologies

Fair Work Commission, Federal Court, State tribunals

Responsibilities

Advising on employment contracts and workplace policies, representing clients in disputes before tribunals and courts, assisting with enterprise bargaining and union engagement, conducting workplace health and safety investigations, supporting junior lawyers and graduates, contributing to business development

Seniority

Associate/Senior Associate, hands-on IC