Jessica has experience in both litigious and non litigious employment and workplace relations matters.

Jessica's current practice includes:

• advising employers on their obligations under workplace relations laws, most recently the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and its transitional arrangements;
• preparing industrial agreements and common law employment agreements for employers;
  union demarcation disputes;
• advising on employment aspects of commercial transactions;
• advising on the application and operation of awards and modern awards;
• collaborating with employers on their industrial strategy in the face of a changing industrial relations environment;
• conducting training for employers on a range of issues, including obligations under the Fair Work Act 2009; managing workplace investigations and managing safety incidents;
• advising employers on employee disciplinary action and procedural requirements for dismissals and redundancies;
• advising employers on managing ill and injured workers;
• assisting employers to develop workplace policies and procedures appropriate for their workplace;
• achieving mediated outcomes in unfair dismissal, adverse action and discrimination complaints;
• making interlocutory injunction applications in the Supreme Court to prevent alleged breaches of restraint of trade and misuse of confidential information by former employees;
• acting for and appearing on behalf of employers in various tribunals and courts in Victoria and Queensland, including the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Magistrates’ Court, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal and the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and Fair Work Australia; and
• advising employers on compliance with OHS laws and defending prosecutions under workplace health and safety legislation.