Harwood Andrews Workplace Relations lawyers and solicitors provide expert legal solutions to clients in Geelong, Melbourne and Western Victoria.

We provide clients with comprehensive and practical legal advice and representation across a wide range of employment, workplace and industrial relations issues including:

• Workplace compliance
• Equal opportunity and discrimination
• Sexual harassment
• Bullying and harassment
• Occupational health and safety
• Work Cover and accident compensation
• Individual and collective employment agreements
• Workplace policies and procedures
• Restraint of trade and confidentiality
• Employee discipline and termination of employment
• Redundancy
• Employee’s statutory and common law entitlements
• Unfair dismissal and adverse action claims
• Industrial relations strategy
• Transfer of Business

Our team is led by Jim Rutherford, who is accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria as a Workplace Relations specialist.

We assist employers to increase workplace law compliance and minimise the risk of costly and time consuming employment or workplace disputes. When disputes do arise, we achieve the best possible results for our clients by providing sound, strategic and commercial advice, negotiating appropriate settlements and providing strong representation in Victorian and Federal courts, tribunals and commissions.