Amie is a highly experienced and LIV accredited workplace relations specialist who advises and represents clients in a diverse range of workplace and employment related matters. She is a trusted advisor to a broad range of clients and is valued for her commercial and strategic approach.
Experience
Amie has extensive experience advising clients through complex people-management and litigious matters. She supports her clients from initial strategic advice through to negotiations and final hearings.
She has significant experience in all relevant courts and tribunals and has also conducted a number of complex and sensitive workplace investigations.
Amie is accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) as a specialist in workplace relations and is a member of the LIV's Workplace Relations Advisory Committee.
Amie's areas of expertise include:
- claims for unfair dismissal
- unlawful termination/adverse action
- general contractual and industrial matters
- restraints of trade
- employment due diligence
- bullying
- sexual harassment
- discrimination
Career highlights
Amie's career highlights include:
- advising a large retail client on complex industrial structures and enterprise bargaining
- successfully defending proceedings related to the stand-down of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
- acting for a senior executive in a significant claim for breach of contract and misleading conduct
- representing an employer client in a high-profile claim of sexual harassment in the Federal Court
- acting for a large public body in a high-profile case alleging workplace bullying
- conducting complex and sensitive investigations on behalf of clients in matters involving allegations of sexual harassment and bullying
- conducting national training programs on appropriate workplace behaviour