Dana Thomson

Dana is a Senior Associate in Lander & Rogers' Workplace Relations & Safety team. She advises clients across all aspects of workplace law. Clients value her responsiveness, calm demeanour and practical approach to resolving complex workplace issues, particularly in sensitive or high-pressure situations.

Experience

Dana is an experienced employment lawyer and litigator, acting in matters before the Fair Work Commission, the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, and state and federal courts and tribunals. She has particular expertise advising NSW Government agencies and other public sector employers on workplace investigations, misconduct and disciplinary matters, public interest disclosures, victimisation claims and complex employment disputes.

Prior to joining Lander & Rogers, Dana was a Senior Solicitor at a Doyle's Guide Tier 1 New Zealand employment law firm.

Dana's areas of expertise include:

• advising NSW public sector clients on victimisation applications, unfair dismissal claims and industrial disputes
• conducting and advising on workplace investigations
• advising on restructures and the employment aspects of corporate transactions
• acting for private sector employers in unfair dismissal and general protections proceedings
• advising NSW public sector clients on public interest disclosures
• interpreting enterprise agreements and modern awards

Dana also regularly delivers training and presentations on workplace law issues.

Career highlights

Dana's career highlights include:

• representing a private sector employer in a successful jurisdictional objection to an unfair dismissal claim
• undertaking a large-scale investigation into allegations of sexual harassment for a NSW Government agency
• acting for a NSW public sector employer in proceedings involving an application for interim orders to prevent the dismissal of an employee
• providing strategic advice to NSW Government agencies on complex public interest disclosure matters
• while practising in New Zealand, representing Air New Zealand in its successful defence of employment claims challenging its COVID-19 vaccination policy (Bagrie v Air New Zealand Ltd [2026] NZEmpC 89).