- FOR EMPLOYERS
Manage and incentivise your team with expert employer focused legal services.
We'll make sure the hard workforce decisions are also the defensible ones.
From drafting contracts and onboarding senior hires through to defending Fair Work claims and managing exits, we give SME owners and HR teams plain English advice that stands up if it gets tested.
When a matter touches the broader business, like equity, tax or shareholder agreements, we work seamlessly with our full service parent practice ADLV Law so you do not need to brief two firms.
How we can help
Twelve focused services covering the full employment law lifecycle, from drafting contracts and onboarding staff through to performance management, lawful exits, and defending Fair Work claims. Our employer-focused offerings are primarily managed through ADLV Law, meaning you have access to experts across all areas of law for SMEs.
Set up Pay-As-You-Go withholding, superannuation, workers’ compensation and the rest of the Australian employer obligations, without registering an Australian entity if you do not need to.
Design and document an equity or option scheme that rewards key staff, fits Division 83A of the Income Tax Assessment Act, and aligns with your shareholder structure.
Plan, document and execute a termination that meets the Fair Work Act requirements and minimises the risk of an unfair-dismissal or general-protections claim.
Review and refresh your enterprise’s employment policies, award classifications and workplace structure, including during M&A integration when two workforces need to merge.
Why getting employment law right matters for your business
An unfair-dismissal award typically lands at six months’ wages plus legal costs. A serious underpayment can hit double once the Fair Work Ombudsman’s penalty regime gets involved, and the worst exposures attract director-level liability.
A workplace investigation done badly creates new claims instead of resolving the original one. And every employment matter that sits unresolved drains your time and your management team’s attention away from the actual business. We help you act early, document properly, and resolve quickly. For matters that touch the wider business, like equity vesting on a senior exit, shareholder agreements during a restructure, or tax exposure inside a remediation, we work alongside our parent practice ADLV Law so you get integrated commercial advice without briefing two unrelated practices.