Workplace

Kennedys' Workplace Group brings together lawyers with experience in issues and disputes that directly affect the workplace including:

On the contentious side the team has extensive experience in civil, employment, criminal and quasi criminal areas including:

• representing employers and their employees during formal investigation processes and providing representation when the case goes to a Tribunal or to Court
• dealing with investigators and regulators
• representing employers in arbitration, mediation and litigation in relation to employment issues
• regularly advising clients on commercial disputes, representing clients in a wide range of civil proceedings and arbitrations and assisting clients in negotiating a successful outcome where appropriate including through mediation.

On the non-contentious side we provide on-going advice in relation to:

• HR support, employment terms and conditions, contracts, service level agreements, handbooks and procedures
• health and safety policy and management
• money laundering regulations

Our clients are companies and employees in many different industrial, commercial, professional and service sectors including the construction, healthcare, financial services, insurance and information technology industries.