Profile
Emily joined Piper Alderman as a Special Counsel in 2021, after having relocated to Adelaide from Sydney where she worked for a specialist employment law firm.
She has around 10 years’ experience practicing as an employment and industrial relations lawyer, assisting and advising employers on how to manage their legal obligations and risks, and navigate employment-related issues.
Emily has acted for a diverse range of employers across both the private and public sector, at a national level. She has conducted numerous investigations for clients in relation to bullying and harassment matters and internal employment disputes, and regularly assists clients in the areas of managing long and short term injured workers, difficult workers compensation claims, performance management and disciplinary issues, discrimination and harassment, as well as unfair dismissal and general protections claims.
Expertise
Recognition
Accolades
- Doyle’s Guide – Employment & WHS Law Rising Star – South Australia, since 2022 edition
Memberships
- Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales
- Australian Labour Law Association
Insights
20 December 2023
Employment Relations Podcast #36 – What does a psychosocially safe workplace look like?
Read More24 March 2023
Webinar Q&As: 2023 ‘Beat the Clock’ Series: Practice management & business skills | Respect@Work: Manage...
Read More09 January 2023
Employment Relations Podcast #30 – Industrial Relations in 2022 and Beyond: Year in Review
Read More20 October 2022
Employment Relations Podcast #27 – Respect@Work Part 2: What can organisations do now to be...
Read More13 October 2022
Unreasonable Adjustments – How far must an employer go to enable an employee to return...
Read More15 August 2022
Reasonable to rely on ATAGI: Fair Work Commission considers reasonableness of workplace vaccination policy in...
Read More22 March 2022
Webinar Q&As: Employment Relations National Seminar Series | Bullying, Discrimination and Harassment
Read More14 February 2022