Ed Austin-Woods
Senior Associate
EXPERIENCE
Ed is an experienced employment lawyer who provides strategic and commercially astute advice to employers on all aspects of workplace law, managing complex matters to achieve the best commercial outcome.
Having operated his own workplace investigations consultancy for a number of years, Ed has particular experience in conducting sensitive investigations into allegations of bullying and harassment, victimisation, discrimination, sexual harassment and fraud.
His areas of expertise include:
- termination of employment
- managing ill or injured employees
- bargaining
- performance management
- redundancies
- unions seeking to exercise right of entry
- restraints of trade
- whistleblowing
- unfair dismissal
- general protections proceedings
- underpayment of wages matters.
Ed is an experienced presenter and has delivered training programs to a range of audiences from board members and senior executives to HR and legal professionals. He has also worked on secondment with Boral and Pacific National which sharpened his commercial, strategic and practical approach.