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David Thompson

Partner, Melbourne
T +61 3 8602 9252
E David Thompson

Area of Practice:

  • Employment
  • Industrial Relations
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Equal Opportunity

Experience:  

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

 

Professional Qualifications:

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws, Monash University

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