Publications | Service Area Brochures | Workplace Relations
Workplace Relations
Just how does a business protect significant investments made in skills and capabilities embodied by its employees? Implementing sound workplace practices and procedures makes economic sense. It could also save lives.
No matter what industry you work in or the size of your business, continuous and ongoing reforms to Australia’s workplace relations system are bound to impact on your workplace culture and expectations.
Since tracking these complex issues is time-consuming, it pays to have expert legal advice close at hand. Middletons’ highly skilled Workplace Relations & Safety team delivers this in a timely and commercial manner drawing attention to your options and adding clarity to your decision-making process.
Our approach to workplace relations and safety is a pragmatic one. We recognise that you want to understand your obligations in the context of how you operate your business. We also appreciate that winning protracted battles in courts and tribunals is of little value if it cannot be sustained on the ground and comes at the expense of operational effectiveness or relationships with employees or unions.
We favour a proactive approach to compliance. We undertake compliance programs for clients in areas such as occupational health and safety, employment law and equal employment opportunity, that include the implementation of policies and relevant in-house training.
Of course, we can also provide assistance if something goes wrong.
Beyond these core capabilities, Middletons also demonstrates industry strength and a wealth of experience in sectors such as construction, mining, energy and resources, manufacturing, retail, transport, financial services, government and insurance. We are also meeting a growing demand for legal services in the highly competitive recruitment services sector.
We are able to devise practical solutions to employment issues associated with commercial transactions in concert with our corporate and mergers and acquisitions teams.
We take every opportunity to participate in various professional capacities within the workplace relations and safety arenas, regularly conducting seminars, providing media commentary and creating policy and procedure manuals. We also maintain ongoing memberships with relevant industry associations.
These activities enable us to stay abreast of developments in the reform of Australia’s workplace relations system that affect you as they occur. What’s more, they enhance and improve existing capabilities born from a combination of our experience, legal skills and commercial acumen.
By striving to offer you a positive, personal and integrated legal service, our team is committed to helping you find practical yet commercial solutions to legal issues, with full consideration of the business implications involved.
If your view of good working practices and relationships is one of necessity, Middletons’ knowledge and experience in workplace relations and safety can become your competitive advantage.
