Employment Lawyer

About us

Gilbert + Tobin is built on enduring values of excellence, trust, respect, integrity and good corporate citizenship. We are a leading firm with over 500 lawyers, trusted by our clients to navigate today's increasingly complex world.

We are purpose-built for our clients' most complex work - across transactions, disputes and regulation. Our partners are leaders in their fields, delivering the highest quality of legal advice and providing an exceptional edge for our clients. They also provide our lawyers the opportunity to work with and learn from them. We are innovators in the use of technology, redefining value and service in the legal industry.

Our open, merit-based culture attracts and inspires the best legal talent. Founded in 1988, G+T's journey has been one of relentless ambition and rapid progress, achieving extraordinary success in just over three decades.

We remain as determined as ever to be the best it's possible to be.

Employment team

Our employment team specialises in strategically complex and business-critical disputes and investigations for Australian and multinational companies, government bodies and other organisations, as well as senior executives. Experienced in employment litigation, our team has acted in all courts and tribunals in which employment-related disputes are litigated including Fair Work Australia, the Supreme Court, Federal Circuit Court and the Federal Court of Australia. We have acted in significant Fair Work Act litigation, breach of contract claims and secured freezing orders and Anton Piller orders for clients in significant matters involving employee fraud, serious breach and threatened breach of post-employment restraints.

To see our Employment Team's awards and recognitions, click here

About the role

With a growing practice, we have a new opportunity for a high-performing Employment Lawyer to join this high-profile practice, working closely with partners Dianne Banks and Tom Brett to advise clients on a diverse range of matters, including:

• Employment litigation in the Fair Work Commission, tribunals, and courts
• Workplace investigations and whistleblower disclosures
• Employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions
• Contracts, policies, and industrial relations matters
• Workplace change, performance management, and terminations
• Workplace health and safety investigations and prosecutions

About you

As our successful candidate you should be able to demonstrate a desire, and the capacity, to work on high profile and technically challenging transactions and matters.  You should be an ambitious high performer, looking to work in an environment where your performance will be recognised and rewarded. In addition, you will have:

• 4-7 years post qualified experience in employment / workplace law, including experience in advisory and litigation matters
• Strong drafting and advice writing skills
• Superior analytical and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with clients
• The ability to work autonomously and in a team environment

What we offer

• A supportive and flexible work environment.
• Top of market remuneration and a range of benefits including 26 weeks paid parental leave, additional annual leave, subsidised café and gym membership, end of trip facilities, exclusive retail discounts, social events and much more, which you can view here:
• Beautiful sunlit open-plan offices with panoramic views of the city and easy access to public transport, restaurants, cafes and exercise facilities.

Please submit your interest via our career's website with a resume.

We are committed to providing and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment and a culture where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.