Employment, industrial relations and occupational safety and health.

Matters we assist with include:

• Hiring staff and engaging contractors – advice on award coverage, salary and benefits and the preparation of both employment contracts and independent contractor agreements.
• Discrimination claims and equal opportunity.
• Unfair dismissal and general protections (adverse action) claims.
• Bullying, harassment and other claims.
• Workplace investigations and disciplinary processes.
• Underpayment and denied contractual benefit claims.
• Disputes arising out of dismissal and redundancy.
• Interpretation of employment contracts, policies, awards and enterprise agreements.
• Disputes arising during the employment relationship including industrial disputes and union involvement.
• Workplace injuries, deaths and other OSH issues.

Pragma specialises in dispute resolution and helps clients formulate a strategy which maximises the chances of resolving an employment-related dispute in both a time and cost effective manner.