Thomas Sanders
Tom is a Senior Associate based in our Sydney Office within the Employment, Industrial Relations and Safety practice.
Tom has broad experience advising clients in relation to a range of contentious and non-contentious employment and industrial relations matters.
Tom helps clients navigate Australia’s employment and industrial relations landscape. He advises on enterprise bargaining, workforce change and performance management to workplace investigations, general protections, employment contracts, restraints of trade and modern award compliance. Tom advises and represents clients in proceedings before the Fair Work Commission and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- advising companies regarding performance, disciplinary and dismissal matters, including in respect of redundancy, notice of termination and unfair dismissal
- advising mining organisations on industrial disputes, including matters relating to union right of entry and industrial action
- defending unfair dismissal and general protections claims in the Fair Work Commission, Federal Court, and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Background
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Auckland
Tom is admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Australia and Supreme Court of New South Wales. Tom is also admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
