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David acts for employers in a wide range of industries in the area of employment and workplace relations law. This includes a range of clients in the manufacturing, health, local government, community services, education, transport, retail, entertainment and building & construction industries. His expertise includes: - Change management – implementing workplace change
- Employment – recruitment issues; pre-employment procedures; individual and collective employment agreements; disciplinary action and dismissals; defending dismissal litigation in Courts and Australian Industrial Relations Commission; downsizing – planning & implementation
- Executives – entry and exit strategies
- Industrial relations – strategy concerning in industrial disputes; handling dispute litigation at the AIRC and Federal Court; negotiating collective agreements with unions
- Occupational health and safety – urgent advice following major workplace accidents; advice on injury management and strategy; putting policies in place; providing training to managers and workforces; defending WorkSafe prosecution proceedings
- Equal opportunity – putting policies in place; providing training on policies; investigating complaints; defending claims in EOCV, VCAT and Federal Magistrates' Court
- Workers compensation – general advice on claims and failure potential
- Privacy issues
- Transmission of business
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