Lynden is a workplace relations specialist with over a decade of experience in a broad range of complex industrial relations, discrimination and general employment matters.
He is regularly sought out by clients in the public and private sectors, where he has developed a market-leading reputation for technical excellence, a commitment to understanding his clients' values and objectives, and his strategic approach to both litigious and advisory matters.
Experience
Lynden has deep expertise in the emergency services and education sectors, where he advises and represents public and not-for-profit entities in relation to complicated matters involving highly regulated workforces. This includes enterprise bargaining negotiations and disputes, industrial action, award and agreement interpretation, and workplace structuring.
With a particular interest in discrimination law, Lynden also advises and acts for employers in complex and novel equal opportunity matters, including those involving allegations of disability, age, and racial discrimination.
Lynden is also a trusted advisor to a range of national and state sporting organisations, professional sporting teams, government sport and recreation departments and agencies.
Lynden regularly appears for clients in the Fair Work Commission and in equal opportunity tribunals, and he has considerable experience in Federal and State courts.
Career highlights
Lynden's experience includes acting or advising for:
- a Victorian public sector employer in proceedings brought by the Commonwealth Government opposing the approval of an enterprise agreement that was negotiated with the union and approved by employees
- a national client in Supreme Court proceedings against two former employees to seek interlocutory injunctions, including obtaining and executing an Anton Piller order
- employers in the private and not-for-profit sectors regarding the identification and rectification of underpayments totalling several million dollars, including strategies for engagement with employees and the regulator
- a national private health insurer in its acquisition of a home healthcare and support services provider
- employers about restraints of trade and protecting confidential information
- public and private sector clients in conducting complex and sensitive workplace investigations.