Aaron Goonrey
Partner
Aaron leads the Australian & APAC employment practice, working with local and global employers on highly sensitive and strategic disputes, workforce management and investigations. Aaron’s expertise includes industrial relations, breach of confidentiality, enforcement of post-employment restraints, employee fraud, performance and termination-related matters, and workplace health and safety incidents across all sectors.
Aaron 's experience
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Undertaking a payroll compliance review for a large Aged Care Provider operating in NSW and ACT by reviewing and preparing pay rules for pay related entitlements arising from the relevant Enterprise Agreements, advising on complex interpretation issues to mitigate compliance risks arising from the employer’s payroll practices and remediation.
- Australia
- Health
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Assisting with a large-scale payroll compliance project for an international snack food brand to ensure compliance with the relevant Enterprise Agreements that apply to the business, engaging a professional services company and project managing the project.
- Australia
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Undertaking a payroll compliance review for a large national healthcare organisation changing payroll providers to ensure compliance with the relevant modern awards that apply to the business, advising on shift worker status and relevant entitlements that are payable, as well as any remediation required.
- Australia
- Health
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Advising and acting for international investment bank client investigating sensitive people management matters involving integrity concerns and commercial reputation issues.
- Australia
- Financial Services
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Advised and acted for global pharmaceutical corporation about complex employee case involving claims of a physical injury occurring while working from home and resultant mental health injury.
- Australia
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised a media and technology client on a significant fraud and malfeasance investigation, involving senior employees and third parties. Advised about the subsequent psychological trauma claims that arose from employees and successfully navigated the legal risks involved, including against the senior leadership team and Board.
- Australia
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised a multinational biotechnology client in relation to a comprehensive workplace and regulatory investigation process, grievance management and engaging in strategies that minimised significant legal risks and reduced overall costs and business disruption for the client.
- Australia
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised and successfully acted for a media conglomerate in proceedings brought by an ill and injured executive claiming the client breached a duty of care in an internal fraud investigation.
- Australia
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Successfully obtained urgent, interlocutory injunction from Federal Court against the union on behalf of a global manufacturer & supplier of diversified products, preventing the continuation of unprotected industrial action and other unlawful conduct at our client’s work sites.
- Australia
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advising and acting for a global manufacturer about the management of allegations and findings involving major toxic workplace culture at the client’s worksites
- Australia
- Technology, Science & Industry
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