Our Services

Employment Law

Immigration & Employment,
Better Together

Employment law and corporate immigration are two sides of the same coin. When you’re sponsoring overseas workers, navigating workforce change, or building a global team — you need both.

Our Special Counsel, Sean Melbourne, operates in close collaboration with our immigration team to deliver integrated advice that reduces risk and keeps your people strategy moving.

  • Employment law advice, documents and policies
  • Enterprise bargaining and Agreement drafting
  • Workplace laws — compliance, obligations and risk
  • HR and ER services — investigations, performance, termination
  • Fair Work claims — unfair dismissal, general protections, bullying
  • Sponsored worker obligations — pay equity, condition compliance
  • Workplace investigations and disciplinary processes
  • Special Counsel advisory on complex intersecting matters
  • Training for HR teams on immigration compliance obligations
  • Employment law due diligence for M&A and business sales

Sponsored Worker Risk

Employer-sponsored visa holders sit at the intersection of immigration and employment law. When employment conditions change, so do your immigration obligations. Sean and our immigration team manage both.

Termination of Sponsored Employees

Ending employment for a visa holder requires careful coordination — immigration notification obligations, bridging visa status, Fair Work compliance. Get this wrong and your sponsorship licence is at risk.

Enterprise Bargaining & Workplace Laws

Sean advises on enterprise agreement negotiations, modern award obligations, and workplace law compliance — including where sponsored worker conditions must meet or exceed Australian standards.