Luci is an employment lawyer specialising in all areas of employment, workplace relations, and safety. She has particular experience in workplace change projects including restructuring, outsourcing, downsizing, and enterprise bargaining strategy including responses to industrial action.
Luci has significant experience in both the private and public sectors and regularly advises clients in the areas of disputes, award and enterprise agreement interpretation, disciplinary and performance management processes (including termination of employment), the management of discrimination, vilification, harassment and victimisation complaints, executive employment and termination.
Luci regularly appears in the Fair Work Commission, State and Federal Courts, and State and Federal equal opportunity and anti-discrimination tribunals.
Assisted a client in relation to its national industrial arrangements including the termination of enterprise awards and transition to Federal awards by the relevant union on a range of workplace relations issues including the use of contractors and selection processes for redundancy.
Advised a client in the energy industry in relation to a range of workplace relations issues including transfer of business within its blue collar workforce, the development of the industrial relations strategies, enterprise bargaining negotiations, applications in the Fair Work Commission for dispute resolution, terminating industrial action, applications to stop or prevent industrial action, and agreement drafting.
Advised a client in relation to dispute applications by the relevant union on a range of workplace relations issues including the use of contractors and selection processes for redundancy.
The second round of the Federal Government’s “Closing Loopholes” amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) were passed by Parliament on 12 February 2024 and received Royal Assent on 26...
Following a deal with crossbench Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock, the Senate split the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 (Bill). As a consequence, the first...
This week, the Federal Government introduced the long awaited Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 (Bill).