About Our Firm
About Our Firm
We partner with our clients throughout the lifecycle of work to resolve problems, ensure legal compliance and optimise people performance.
At HMB Employment Lawyers, we pride ourselves on being readily accessible to our clients and on our ability to provide understandable, no nonsense legal advice.
- Our aim is to work with our clients:
- to ensure they understand their rights and obligations;
- to secure their industrial relations goals; and
- to minimise and/or manage disputes and associated claims.
We work with you end to end, supporting you to implement best practice and compliant workforce strategies through to defending claims when they arise.
We work with you end to end, supporting you to implement best practice and compliant workforce strategies through to defending claims when they arise.
We can help your business to not only navigate and manage industrial disputes but also assist you in anticipating potential workplace issues before they arise.
We can provide assistance with a full range of matters, including:
Highlighting areas of risk and providing advice on ways of dealing with potential issues and disputes, including managing poor performance, misconduct, termination and redundancy.
Advising on possible discrimination issues, including how to avoid risks of discrimination claims which frequently arise in certain situations, including on termination, during performance management and when implementing workplace change.
Representing clients with respect to discrimination, harassment and bullying allegation proceedings, including conciliations.
Providing representation and advice in relation to matters involving unions, including advising on union rights of entry.
Assisting with Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) investigations and prosecutions, including breach of award claims.
Advising and defending claims of sham contracting.
Assisting with, or conducting, correspondence with the FWO regarding entitlements or other compliance issues.
Assessing areas of exposure and providing advice on risk management/damage limitation.
Advising on an appropriate response to FWO enquiries or proceedings.
Representing your business in litigation if required, such as unfair dismissals, general protections claims, breach of contract and restraint of trade proceedings.
A cohesive team of experts dedicated to providing clients with the right advice.
Louise Houlihan
Managing Principal