Lawyer / Senior Associate – Employment Relations & Safety
  
The Opportunity
  
Our client, a leading national law firm, is seeking a Lawyer or Senior Associate to join its highly regarded Employment Relations & Safety practice in Brisbane.
  
This is an outstanding opportunity to join one of Australia's leading workplace relations teams, advising a diverse client base of major private sector organisations, government agencies, and recognised national brands. You'll work on a broad mix of employment, industrial relations, workplace safety, and regulatory matters, gaining exposure to some of the market's most significant and complex workplace issues.
  
The role offers:

• Exposure to high-profile employment, industrial relations, and workplace safety matters.
• Opportunities to advise leading corporate and government clients across a broad range of industries.
• Direct client contact and responsibility from day one.
• Involvement in significant litigation, investigations, enterprise bargaining, and WHS matters.
• Genuine opportunities for career progression within a collaborative and growing national practice.

The Role

• Advise clients on all aspects of employment law, industrial relations, and workplace health and safety.
• Represent clients in the Fair Work Commission, courts, and regulatory proceedings.
• Manage workplace investigations, disciplinary matters, discrimination and unfair dismissal claims.
• Advise on enterprise bargaining, industrial disputes, restructures, redundancies, and organisational change.
• Assist clients in responding to workplace incidents, regulator investigations, WHS prosecutions, and coronial inquests.
• Work closely with corporate and commercial teams on employment aspects of major transactions and projects.
• Build strong client relationships while delivering practical, commercially focused legal advice.

Ideal Candidate

• 2+ years' post-admission experience in employment, industrial relations, and/or workplace health and safety law.
• Experience advising employers on contentious and non-contentious workplace matters.
• Strong litigation and dispute resolution experience, including Fair Work Commission matters.
• Excellent drafting, advocacy, and client relationship management skills.
• Commercially minded with the ability to manage matters autonomously.
• A collaborative approach and genuine interest in building a long-term career within a leading workplace practice.
• Leadership and mentoring experience will be highly regarded for Senior Associate candidates.  

Contact
  
For a confidential discussion, please contact Lucia Ferraro on +61 410 393 811 or email your CV and academic transcript to lucia@montgomeryadvisory.com.au.
To register your interest directly, visit www.montgomeryadvisory.com.au.
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