Hicksons has broad experience acting for employers spanning almost three decades across a wide spectrum of labour law, OH&S and human resources management issues. We are frequently retained by private and public sector employers to devise tactical IR strategies and enterprise bargaining agenda in response to changing business imperatives.

Our advocacy experience before common law courts and Federal and State industrial tribunals gives us the insight to properly and efficiently help employers prior to and during mediation or adversarial conflict.

We understand:

• modern HR and workplace challenges under the Fair Work Act 2009 and have developed sound legal strategies which provide a clear path forward for our clients
• the interaction between insurance and industrial relations issues and how to manage them, to minimise risk and cost to your organisation
• what it means, through our lengthy IR experience, to negotiate an enterprise agreement under the good faith bargaining principles
• how to properly respond to the bargaining matters coming before Fair Work Australia such as protected action ballots, majority support determinations and bargaining disputes
• problematic workplace issues requiring practical legal strategies to resolve disputes and align HR goals with enterprise efficiency under workplace agreements
• what it means to prepare for and defend claims by employees alleging unfair dismissal, adverse action, harassment, bullying and the like, and
• the challenges looming under proposed OH&S harmonisation laws.