Emma shapes strategic solutions to complex employment and industrial relations challenges, helping organisations manage investigations, compliance risks and workplace disputes with clarity and confidence.
Biography
Emma advises corporate and individual clients on all aspects of employment and industrial relations law. Her practice spans managing workplace change and restructuring, performance and conduct management, terminations, confidentiality breaches and restraint of trade and enterprise agreement drafting and industrial disputes.
Emma regularly represents clients in unfair dismissal, general protections and discrimination claims before courts and tribunals. She is highly skilled in conducting workplace investigations and provides guidance on award and agreement compliance, underpayment claims, remediation processes and engagement with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Emma’s approach is commercial, pragmatic and focused on achieving outcomes that align with her clients’ strategic objectives.
Emma's experience
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Baby Bunting
Advised on corporate and store-level employment matters, including payroll compliance reviews, complex disciplinary investigations, terminations, and EBA bargaining negotiations. -
Confidential Client
Advised on the creation of comprehensive payroll rules for long service leave entitlements under complex industrial instruments and legislation. -
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
Successfully defended an underpayment claim in the Federal Circuit Court (Kroeger v Mornington Peninsula Shire Council [2019] FCCA 2313). -
Confidential Client
Provided employment advice for multiple acquisitions of transport logistics businesses across Australia. -
Confidential Client
Provided employment considerations for the acquisition of eQstats. -
Viva Leisure
Ongoing employment advice since pre-IPO, including compliance, restructuring, and dispute resolution.
Awards, recognition and rankings
- Law Institute of Victoria - Accredited specialist in Workplace Relations Law