Lawyers for Employers
Aitken Legal is a specialist Employment Law Firm – we only practice employment law and work only with Employers.
We help Employers meet their workplace obligations and minimise their risk when managing employees.
Don’t make protecting your business a costly afterthought – talk to one of our experienced employment lawyers.
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Our Senior Team

Lisa Aitken
Managing Director

Christopher Campbell
Legal Director

Angela Engel
Senior Special Counsel

Hamish Procter
Special Counsel
Awards


Alert!
Minimum wage & superannuation increase
From the first full pay period after 1 July 2025 there will be a 3.5% increase to the National Minimum Wage and the minimum rates in modern awards. This means that: The minimum wage will increase from $24.10 per hour to $24.95 per hour for full time employees; and All modern award rates will increase […]
Employment Update
Flexible work requests – not just a formality
The Fair Work Commission (“FWC”) has overturned an employer’s refusal of a flexible working arrangement request, stating that “the importance of the written response” required by the Fair Work Act “cannot be understated”. In this employment update we discuss what flexible working arrangements are, who is entitled to request them, and what went wrong for […]
ALERT
Your sexual harassment prevention plan requirements
From 1 March 2025 with employees in Queensland are required to prepare (and follow) a sexual harassment and sex or gender-based harassment prevention plan (“Plan”). The risk management process is set out in the ‘Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work’ Code of Practice, which can be accessed here. Broadly speaking, the Plan must: […]
ALERT
Casual Conversion Rules are changing
The process for employees to convert from casual employment to part or full time employment is changing. What avenue applies depends on your business and when the casual employee was employed: Unlike the previous system, the ‘Employee Choice Pathway’ (“ECP”) does not require the employer to offer the conversion. Instead, employees have the right to […]
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