I am a trusted adviser to both public and private sector employers. While I am an industrial relations specialist, I provide advice on a wide range of both employment and industrial issues including enterprise bargaining, bullying and harassment, industrial disputes, management of ill and injured employees, discrimination, privacy, employment contracts, adverse action and unfair dismissal claims.

Career highlights

• Peabody Energy – since 2010 I have been a trusted adviser, providing strategic advice on a broad range of operational employment and industrial relations issues over fluctuating commodity cycles. This includes in relation to insourcing, outsourcing, redundancies, transfers of business, bargaining, industrial strategy, rights of entry, union disputes, employee entitlements, unfair dismissals and other litigated employee claims.
• Rio Tinto, LendLease and BHP – undertaken secondments in senior legal and employee relations roles
• Queensland Treasury Corporation – provided advice in relation to a range of employment related issues and the management of complex employee claims.
• Office of the Governor – provided advice in relation to COVID-19 vaccination mandate and high profile matters involving former employees.
• South32 – provided advice in relation to unfair dismissals, performance and conduct issues, employee claims, bargaining and industrial strategy.
• MacKellar – provided advice in relation to bargaining, industrial strategy, workers' compensation claims and unfair dismissals.
• Newmont Mining Corporation – provided advice in relation to employee disciplinary matters, workplace investigations, restructuring and general protections claims.
• BHP – provided advice in relation to ill and injured employees, employee entitlements, unfair dismissals and general protections claims.
• Led the East Coast workplace relations consultancy practice of a well-known energy and resources employer association.
• I have significant experience in assisting with the management of complex multi-faceted ill and injured employee claims. This includes both front end management of employment issues for work and non-work related injuries, and back end claims relating to discrimination, breach of contract, unfair dismissal and general protections.
• I have undertaken and advised on sensitive workplace investigations and culture reviews for clients across a number of different industries on issues ranging from bullying and harassment, sexual harassment, racism, misconduct and victimisation.