Profile
Andrew is a leading expert in employment law, workplace relations and the general law of contract.
He consults exclusively to Piper Alderman in matters of legal practice while maintaining his position as the John Bray Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide. He has also undertaken consultancy work for Federal and State governments, the International Labour Organization, the Fair Work Ombudsman and other bodies, and was formerly the President of the Australian Labour Law Association.
His work for Piper Alderman clients includes presenting seminars on legal developments, and the preparation of advice on complex issues. He is particularly well known for his expertise and public commentary on the Fair Work legislation.
This expertise is further enhanced with the publication of several books, including being lead author of the popular texts Creighton & Stewart’s Labour Law, Stewart’s Guide to Employment Law and Intellectual Property in Australia. His most recent work, Contract Law: Principles and Context (co-written with Warren Swain and Karen Fairweather), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019.
He is also the author of Independent Contractors: A Practical Guide, published by CCH in 2013 and Parental Leave: A User-Friendly Guide, published by Thomson Reuters in 2011. Both were co-written with other members of Piper Alderman’s Employment Relations team. Other recent books include Cooperation at Work: How Tribunals Can Help Transform Workplaces (with Mark Bray and Johanna Macneil) and a co-edited collection, The Wages Crisis in Australia.
Expertise
Recognition
‘Andrew Stewart has an extraordinary grasp of industrial relations law.’
‘Erin McCarthy and Andrew Stewart provide commercially astute, complex legal analysis and are easily capable of ‘operationalising’ their counsel.’
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific: Labour and employment, 2020 edition – Testimonials
Accolades
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Insights
23 April 2025
Employment Relations Podcast #43 – Federal Election 2025: What is being proposed for industrial relations...
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Employment Relations Podcast #42 – What could the proposed ban on “non-competes” mean for Australian...
Read More19 August 2024
Employment Relations Podcast #39 – Restraints on restraints! What the United States’ ban on non-compete...
Read More13 February 2024
Closing the rest of the loopholes: Final tranche of Fair Work Act amendments passes, but...
Read More12 February 2024
Employment Relations Podcast #37 – Closing Loopholes No. 2: Considering Complexities
Read More12 December 2023
Closing some loopholes now and others later: An update on the latest Fair Work amendments
Read More12 September 2023
Employment Relations Podcast #34 – Do you see what I see? The Closing Loopholes Bill
Read More28 April 2023
Natural Persons Only: Federal Court Clarifies Superannuation Entitlements in Jamsek v ZG Operations Australia
Read More03 April 2023
Employment Relations Podcast #32 – Addressing the Gender Pay Gap and Yet More Amendments to...
Read More09 January 2023
Employment Relations Podcast #30 – Industrial Relations in 2022 and Beyond: Year in Review
Read More08 December 2022
Employment Relations Podcast #29 – Secure Jobs, Better Pay – What ended up in the...
Read More24 November 2022
Webinar Q&As: Employment Relations National Seminar Series | Changes to the Fair Work Act: What...
Read More07 November 2022
Employment Relations Podcast #28 – The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill: What could it mean...
Read More03 November 2022
The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is here: How will the Bill impact bargaining and...
Read More02 November 2022
The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is here: How will the Bill impact gender equality...
Read More01 November 2022
The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is here: How will the Bill impact the management...
Read More31 October 2022
The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is here: What are the proposed changes to Australia’s...
Read More01 March 2022
Employment Relations Podcast #24 – Special Edition: Contract is King – the High Court decisions...
Read More11 February 2022
Contract Rules – In two landmark decisions, the High Court has restored some confidence in...
Read More06 September 2021
Webinar Q&As: Employment relations national seminar series – Casuals: The changes keep coming
Read More30 August 2021
Employment Relations Podcast #20 – The High Court’s decision in rossato: A game-changer for contractual...
Read More21 December 2020
Employment Relations Podcast #16 – The new Fair Work Amendment Bill – a taste of...
Read More22 October 2020
Employment Relations Podcast #14 – The impact of the gig economy on the concept of...
Read More13 August 2020
Employment Relations Podcast #13 – Does it pass the smell test? When a contractor is...
Read More19 June 2020
Employment Relations Podcast #12 – Are your casual employees really casual? A discussion of the...
Read More12 March 2020
Employment Relations Podcast #7 – Is your business prepared for the employment law consequences of...
Read More04 September 2019
Court says personal leave is by the “day”, not the hour, and that “randomness is...
Read More20 August 2018
Food delivery service “gig economy” operators under the industrial spotlight
Read More21 March 2017