Lawyers for Employers
Aitken Legal is a specialist Employment Law Firm – we only practice employment law and work only with Employers.
We help Employers meet their workplace obligations and minimise their risk when managing employees.
Don’t make protecting your business a costly afterthought – talk to one of our experienced employment lawyers.
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Lisa Aitken
Managing Director
Christopher Campbell
Legal Director
Angela Engel
Senior Special Counsel
Hamish Procter
Special Counsel
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Employment Update
Failure to provide light duties adverse action
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (‘Court’) has recently determined that a failure to provide alternative ‘light’ duties to an injured employee constituted adverse action, and ultimately represented a breach of the general protections provisions in the Fair Work Act 2009 (‘FWA’). While compensation and penalties are yet to be determined by the […]
Employment Update
High Court weighs in on redundancy -Fair Work Commission entitled to consider contractor positions
The Fair Work Commission (‘FWC’) could inquire into whether it would be ‘reasonable in all the circumstances’ to redeploy employees to work performed by contractors rather than make their employment redundant, held the High Court. This is an important decision for employers to understand because: It adds an additional step to the redundancy process for […]
Alert!
The ‘right to disconnect’ comes into force for Small Businesses on 26 August 2025
Closing Loopholes No. 2 Act amended the Fair Work Act 2009 to prevent employers from contacting employees (or attempting to contact) outside of their ordinary work hours. For non small businesses (with 15 or more employees), this came into effect on 26 August 2024 and for small businesses (with less than 15 employees), this came into effect […]
Employment Update
No policy = $100,000 fine
Earlier this year, a Victorian Magistrate’s Court handed down a $100,000 fine and a costs order against an employer in a decision which highlights the importance of having proper policies and procedures. In this Employment Update we discuss two decisions that highlight the cost of not having proper policies, procedures, and training regimes in place. […]
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