Macrossans Lawyers

Macrossans Lawyers regularly provide advice to and represent a number of public and private sector employers and property owners in conciliations in the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and State and Federal Anti-Discrimination Commission and tribunals.

We interpret the range of implications arising from both the Commonwealth and Queensland systems of anti-discrimination legislation.

Our lawyers also frequently advise on the:

• Development and interpretation of anti-discrimination and equal opportunity policies
• Impact of related policies, such as grievance, code of conduct, bullying and sexual harassment policies
• Use of affirmative action policies.

Please review our range of papers and presentation on employment topics.

Our experience:

• Preparing pleadings, disclosure, affidavits of evidence and outlines of submissions in an Anti-Discrimination Tribunal claim relating to employee transfers between rural and metropolitan locations
• Representing senior managers and individually named respondents responding to claims of discrimination on the basis of impairment and gender in employment and education areas
• Successfully applying for exemption for a state government agency from compliance with Anti-Discrimination Act to enable selective recruiting for a specified period of time
• Advising an international company that recruits Australians to teach English in Asian countries, where employment and cultural practices differ significantly
• Representing residential aged care facility responding to complaint of disability discrimination in pre-work area
• Successfully defending an international airline in the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal against a discrimination claim by a disabled passenger, whom the airline had refused to allow to travel unaccompanied
• Providing advice to the Queensland Teachers' Union and Queensland Independent Education Union regarding technical points of statutory interpretation.

For further information please contact Rachel Drew.