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Michael Tehan |
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| BA, LLB |
| Melbourne |
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Biography
Michael has worked in industrial relations for 30 years, originally as a union official and public servant, but in the past 20 years as a lawyer for employer interests. He specialises in advising employers on strategic issues in, and handling of, industrial relations including industrial disputes when they occur. In employment law, he has conducted hundreds of cases in areas such as unfair dismissal, discrimination and disputes over employment contracts and has resolved countless others prior to litigation.
In addition to his private sector experience with public and private companies operating both in Australia and internationally, Michael also has extensive knowledge of public sector industrial relations, having acted for numerous government employers – departments, other agencies and government businesses – at federal and state levels. His major clients in the public sector include the Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Australia Post and Victoria's largest employer, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Apart from industrial and employment law, Michael has significant experience in administrative law and education law. He has particular expertise in issues concerning procedural fairness in administrative tribunals.
Michael's expertise is recognised in Best Lawyers International (2009) and Chambers Global (2009) where he is again named as a leading Australian employment lawyer.
Michael's service in public administration has been recognised by the award of Victorian Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia.
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