Andrew advises leading employers on workforce management, occupational health and safety, investigations, enterprise bargaining and employment litigation across Queensland and nationally.

Biography

Andrew acts for employers across construction, infrastructure, energy, mining, agribusiness, veterinary, water, retail, aged care, real estate, utilities, road and rail, professional services, the Arts and for not-for-profit organisations. He is based in Brisbane and advises clients across Queensland and nationally.

He advises on the full range of employment and industrial relations matters, including workforce restructuring, award coverage, compliance and redress, whistleblower reports, redundancy, transfer of business, executive separations, right of entry, enterprise bargaining, workplace investigations and disciplinary matters.

He helps employers manage dismissal claims, including general protections claims before the Fair Work Commission and Federal Courts.  Andrew also delivers training programs to boards and leadership teams across regional Queensland and in major cities nationally.

Andrew helps employers overcome the most complex workforce issues, from developing workforce change programs to managing WHS compliance in high-risk industries and high-stakes employment litigation.

He simplifies complex legal issues through concise, practical advice.

He combines litigation capability with a preventative approach to workforce risk, helping employers develop strategies that avoid disputes rather than simply resolve them. His depth in WHS education distinguishes him within the employment practice.

His WHS education practice spans major projects in mining, construction, infrastructure, energy and utilities sectors. The inaugural chair of the Australian Human Resources Institute OHS/Risk Management Forum in Brisbane, he has guest lectured for the UQ Business School MBA program and the QUT Master of WHS course.

Credentials

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Andrew's experience

Significant workforce change project

Advising Greencross in relation to taking over the operation of the University of Melbourne's vet hospital in Werribee in a way that preserved clinical training embedded clinical teaching and placement opportunities for final year students without taking on the university's enterprise agreement.  This leading edge project required the management of workforce restructuring, organisational change, redundancy and transfer of business risks to limit the impact on Greencross and its business nationwide.

WHS investigations and prosecutions

Managing privileged investigations, forensic data recovery and disciplinary matters including general protections and unfair dismissal claims before the Fair Work Commission and Federal Courts.

WHS education

Delivering more than 300 on-site WHS educational sessions across Queensland and nationally to employers in mining, construction, infrastructure, energy and utilities.

Awards, recognition and ranking