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Gareth Jolly |
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| BA, LLB (Hons) |
| Sydney |
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Biography
Gareth is a partner in the Human Resources and Industrial Relations Division. He joined Minter Ellison in 1992 and was appointed a partner in 2000.
Gareth provides the full range of industrial relations, human resources and employment advisory services including:
- providing strategic human resources and industrial advice including change management
- negotiating, drafting and advising about collective agreements and AWAs
- issues arising in mergers, acquisitions and outsourcing
- representation in proceedings before specialist industrial tribunals and courts
- advising about employment terminations and acting in relation to unfair dismissals and other termination proceedings
- preparing and advising about contracts of employment and policies
- restraints of trade and protecting confidential information and associated litigation
- advising about and implementing large scale restructures
- anti-discrimination law
- dealing with industrial disputes and industrial action
- arrangements with independent contractors
- advising about and acting in relation to occupational health and safety issues
- advising on corporate issues in the dismissal of senior executives and acting in prosecutions for breaches of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 and other legislation.
He has developed a strong practice advising and representing employers on all aspects of employment and industrial relations law in a range of industries, including banking and finance, building and construction, food, government, media, manufacturing and transport and logistics.
Gareth has extensive experience dealing with strategic and very sensitive issues at the Board or head office level and has represented numerous employers in a range of proceedings before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales, the Federal Court and other courts and tribunals.
Gareth develops long term relationships with clients and provides the full range of services to those clients, including ADI Limited, the Australian Building and Construction Commission, Couriers Please, News Limited, UBS and Westpac Banking Corporation.
He also regularly develops and presents tailored training sessions for clients, their managerial staff and their general staff on general employment law issues for managers – including the new Work Choices legislation.
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