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Hart & Co Lawyers - Roxanne Hart

Roxanne Hart

Accredited Specialist - Workplace Relations Law

  • Director & Senior Lawyer
  • Melbourne, VIC

Roxanne Hart is a lawyer and leading authority in Australian employment law. She is one of a select group of lawyers nationwide who has achieved the qualification of Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations Law through the Law Institute of Victoria. Roxanne advises businesses of all sizes, including leading global retailers, manufacturers, professional services companies, SMEs and a variety of listed entities. Her practice includes general protections, unfair dismissal and stop-bullying claims, Award and Fair Work Act compliance, restructuring and advisory.

Recent Experience

  • Acting for a NSW childcare centre group on the defence of a stop-bullying application in the Fair Work Commission, including attending conferences and representing the employer in the hearing.
  • Acting for a global retailer on the defence of a general protections application, including representing the employer in the conference.
  • Advising a global retailer on compliance with the General Retail Industry Award and managing a large-scale historical underpayment/non-compliance matter.
  • Preparing policies and procedures for a global retailer, including advice on the new Queensland specific sexual harassment prevention obligations.
  • Advising a prominent NSW sporting organisation on the termination of an underperforming executive director (who also held shares which were bought back as part of the settlement).
  • Advising a global listed security business on Australian employment due diligence as part of a $3B acquisition.
  • Advising an ASX listed professional services firm on stand-downs, salary reduction and the redundancy of staff.
  • Preparation of a unique employee share scheme (non-concessional) for the executive employees of a Victoria wide commercial construction business.
  • Advising an ASX listed software company on the process of restructuring their organisation and making a substantial number of their engineering team redundant. Roxanne also acted throughout the redundancy and prepared all relevant notifications and documents and calculated entitlements and provided the company with support and guidance every step of the way. No unfair dismissal claims were made against the employer and the restructure was considered a success.
  • Acting for one of Australia’s largest steel foundry businesses in drafting and negotiating two enterprise agreements, including assessing whether the agreements meet the better off overall test as against the relevant Award and advising on recommended changes. We acted for the business from the start of the process through to applying for approval in the Fair Work Commission and working with the business to have it approved.
  • Preparation of a suite of employment contracts for an international private company based in the UK entering the Australian market. This involved preparing an executive-level contract for their Australian Managing Director which included terms in respect of linking KPIs to remuneration, share incentives, and restraints and non-solicitation obligations.
  • Advising a national commercial lighting business on the termination of an underperforming and disruptive executive director and shareholder.
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