Workplace Relations
David Hodgson
Associate
Phone (03) 6235 5197
Email dhodgson@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
David works in our Workplace Relations team and has a strong focus on compliance with industrial relations legislation and awards and risk management strategies. David offers practical advice to clients in a wide range of industrial matters including Enterprise Agreements, employment contracts and workplace policies, redundancy and termination. David regularly appears before Fair Work Australia.
Experience
David joined Page Seager in 2009 after returning from inter-state where he worked in industrial relations for a peak national employer organisation. Prior to that, David worked for an employer association as an industrial relations consultant, advising employers on a broad range of industrial relations matters.
Craig Green
Senior Associate
Phone (03) 6235 5193
Email cgreen@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Craig has extensive experience and expertise in advising clients in workplace relations. Craig has considerable success in achieving negotiated outcomes before matters are determined by litigation particularly in the area of anti-discrimination and delivers training to clients on this area of law. He is a leading practitioner in relation to the Tasmanian State Service employment matters.
Experience
Craig is President of the Industrial Relations Society of Tasmania, a member of the Industrial Relations Committee of the Law Council of Australia and a member of the Law Society of Tasmania Employment and Equal Opportunity Committee. He regularly writes articles and provides seminars to the legal profession on important workplace relations matters.
David Dilger
Partner
Phone (03) 6235 5182
Email ddilger@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
David’s specialisation in workplace relations has been honed through a demonstrated history in legal practice, and senior executive roles in both private enterprise and a peak employer organisation. These roles ensure David has a deep understanding of client’s practical needs. David advises and acts as lead negotiator for some of the state’s largest businesses for their Enterprise Bargaining. He is an accredited Mediator and accomplished trainer /presenter delivering tailored workshops, seminars, and providing media commentary particularly in the area of Human Resource Management and Workplace Health and Safety.
Experience
Rod Collinson
Partner
Phone (03) 6235 5196
Email rcollinson@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Rod is a leading practitioner in workplace relations in Tasmania. He blends practical legal advice with a strong understanding of his clients’ business objectives and the industry in which they operate. Rodprovides solutions based advice to a number of national and local businesses including advising and acting in litigation concerning contractual disputes regarding senior managers and management of executive employment issues, enterprise bargaining, union relations, redundancy and transfer of business issues.
Experience
Rod has extensive litigation experience and regularly appears as counsel in various Courts and industrial tribunals including Fair Work Australia. He has tutored in workplace law at Murdoch University (WA) and is a member of the Tasmanian Law Society, and Industrial Relations Society of Tasmania.
Bachelor of Economics and Law (University of Tasmania) (1994)
Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and High Court of Australia (1996)
Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (2002)
Anne McCulloch
Senior Associate
Phone (03) 6235 5195
Email amcculloch@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Anne specialises in employment law and advises clients on a range of matters including:
- Formulation and implementation of industrial strategy;
- Independent contractor agreements;
- Interpretation and compliance with modern awards;
- The National Employment Standards;
- Redundancy and termination;
- Anti-discrimination;
- Preparation of workplace policies; and
- Management of injured employees
Experience
Anne works in partnership with clients to identify, anticipate and respond to their needs. Anne assists clients to find the sensible, commercial and lawful solution to their employment related issues.
Amal Cutler
Lawyer
Phone (03) 6235 5154
Email acutler@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Amal practices in the workplace relations team. She brings to the team a background in industry and client-focussed consultation and advocacy, strategic business management as well as policy development, and training development/delivery.
Experience
Amal completed a science degree in 1991 and worked in research. She went on to work with government funded organisations and industry. Prior to practicing law Amal had a career in Board administration, project and general management. Amal has also spent time as an Associate to a member of Fair Work Australia.
Amal has represented state interests on a number of national steering committees and reference groups. She is currently a member of LEADR, and a committee member of both the Industrial Relations Society of Tasmania (IRS) and Tasmanian Women Lawyers Inc (TWL).
Bachelor of Science with Honours, Bachelor of Laws with Honours (University of Tasmania).
Barrister and Solicitor Supreme Court of Tasmania, High Court of Australia.
Page Seager is the only large Tasmanian law firm with a Workplace Relations Department containing dedicated specialist workplace relations lawyers. We deliver the full range of workplace relations services for the private and public sector.
Our experienced team is highly specialised with a demonstrated record of successfully advising and representing employers in the workplace. We provide advice tailored to our clients’ operational requirements and workplace culture by adopting a partnering approach with them.
Services
Our services:
- Strategic workplace relations advice – aligning the workplace with organisational strategy
- Agreement making
- Award, legislation and contract interpretation
- Commercial Property
- Drafting and terminating executive contracts
- Right of Entry
- Transmission of Business
- Policy formulation and implementation
- Defence of unfair dismissal, unlawful termination, breach of contract claims
- Redundancy processes
- Anti-discrimination issues management – from implementing policy to defending complaints of discrimination
- Independent Contractors arrangements
- Industrial dispute resolution
- Advice on Traineeships/ Apprenticeships
- Advocacy – representing employers before courts and industrial tribunals at state and federal level
- Performance management
- Tailored management and employee training programs