Areas of Law
Discover how Optimum Legal can help you
Whether you're an employer looking for assistance with Human Resources Management or Industrial Relations legal advice, or an employee searching for guidance regarding your employment documentation or making a claim—Optimum Legal can help. Our legal team has extensive experience with legal representation for all areas of industrial relations, employment law, and basic HR advisory pertaining to the following areas of law.
Workplace Disputes
We work with employers and employees to defend claims resulting from workplace disputes, including claims of: unfair dismissal, general protections, discrimination, and sexual harassment. We also work with employers to help to minimise the risks of these claims and can act as an independent third party mediator to resolve workplace disputes before the need to make a claim arises. Our goal is to ensure fairness and equity to protect your business.
Employee Management
We can assist as an employer with all aspects of managing your employees — throughout the lifecycle of the employer and employee relationship. From basic HR advisory services, to more complex matters such as drafting employment agreements, policies and procedures, and enterprise bargaining negotiations. Prevention is always the best way to mitigate a costly workplace dispute.
Workplace Investigations
By engaging an experienced, external team to conduct a workplace investigation for issues such as bullying, harassment, discrimination or employee misconduct of any nature, you can protect the integrity of your business and employees. These issues can often be highly personal, complicated and have serious consequences for the people involved and the reputation of your business. Optimum Legal can help address and resolve these issues by conducting a workplace investigation.
Further Support for Our Clients
As we focus on fostering long-term relationships with our clients, we are here to provide further support to employers in any way possible. With a background in Human Resources Management and Employment Law, our team is equipped to provide thorough guidance on HR advisory for your business including: developing and implementing policies, procedures, and training and professional development for your business and its employees.
Ensure compliance with workplace laws and regulations.
Provide ongoing professional workplace relations training for all staff.
Affordable professional development packages tailored to your needs.
Favourable-fee structure
Our team is committed to providing access to superior legal services with a favourable-fee structure. It's important to us that our clients can get the affordable advice they need without compromising on client care, service and support.
Legally safeguard your business by implementing practices, policies, and procedures to audit and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and laws, as well as manage your employees modern award contraventions with their wages.