Employment Law
Workforce counsel for employers operating to global standards, from policy and senior hires to restructurings and ELRC defence.
How we work this practice.
We advise on every stage of the employment relationship. That includes drafting contracts and handbooks, designing workplace policies that survive regulator and ELRC scrutiny, handling sensitive workforce restructurings, defending claims at the Employment & Labour Relations Court, and managing senior executive separations with absolute discretion.
The Employment Act, the Labour Relations Act and a decade of robust ELRC jurisprudence have raised the bar on what employers must document, consult and prove. Restructurings that looked clean a decade ago now generate multi-year tails. Our job is to keep workforce decisions both commercially sound and legally defensible, before the dispute, not after.
We work with HR and people teams as partners, not gatekeepers. Where investigations are needed, we run them with the rigour expected by boards and regulators. Where separation is the right outcome, we structure it so it closes cleanly. Where claims are filed, our trial advocates take them through to judgment.
- Wrongful dismissal and discrimination claims
- Redundancy timing, consultation and selection criteria
- Senior executive separations and restrictive covenants
- Cross-border immigration and work-permit complexity
What we deliver.
A deliberate four-step approach.
Strategic counsel, executed with the discipline of a top-tier institution.
Workforce review and risk mapping
Documentation and policy alignment
Implementation with HR
Dispute defence where required
Distinctions that matter to the outcome.
Senior ELRC trial advocates
HR-fluent, we work alongside your people team, not over it
Sensitive handling of executive matters with absolute discretion
Templates, playbooks and rapid-response retainers
Where we apply this practice.
Who you'll work with.
Margaret L. Kishoiyian
Partner. Combines a Master of Laws in Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy with strong commercial and advisory experience.
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Mary Nyamawi
Office Administrator. Qualified accounts professional coordinating office operations, compliance and day-to-day client experience.
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Can you represent us in the Employment & Labour Relations Court?+
Yes, from filings through to judgment and enforcement.
Do you advise on collective redundancies and union consultation?+
Yes, including the section 40 process, selection criteria design, consultation timetables and union engagement strategy.
Can you handle workplace investigations into senior executives?+
Yes. We run investigations with the discretion, evidentiary discipline and procedural fairness that protect both the employer and the integrity of any subsequent decision.
How do you support senior executive separations?+
We structure settlement architecture, non-compete and restrictive-covenant terms, tax-efficient exit packages and the communications strategy around the departure.
Do you advise on work permits and expatriate staffing?+
Yes, across class D and G work permits, dependant passes, special passes and the increasingly contested permit-renewal landscape.
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