Our WHS legal team advises on all aspects of occupational health and safety, as well as security and anti-terrorism, biosecurity, cybersecurity, product safety, maritime safety, aviation safety, rail safety, construction safety, food safety, road safety and chain of responsibility. We provide a 24/7 incident response service for clients dealing with serious incidents and fatalities and conduct WHS investigations and WHS-related litigation, defending prosecutions in all Australian jurisdictions. Our highly regarded team has significant experience in helping our clients improve their operational performance and achieve WHS legal compliance and build WHS capability through the design and delivery of education programs and technology-enabled solutions. We also provide clients with a full range of proactive, prevention and mitigation WHS services including board and senior executive advisory services, bespoke WHS mock trials and workshops, officer WHS due diligence frameworks, WHS legal compliance audits, psychosocial risk reviews, safety management and contractor management systems development and review, as well as safety climate and maturity assessments. As a special offer to AIHS members, each member is entitled to an annual one-hour one-on-one consultation with a WHS lawyer from our team to discuss any WHS challenge you are facing and obtain our insights.
MinterEllison's Workplace team is recognised as one of the leading employment law practices in Australia. Our team provides a complete WHS offering – from advising on WHS duties and safety legislation interpretation issues, right through to support in relation to internal WHS auditing, system reviews, crisis management, responding to incidents, court representation in safety hearings and inquiries, allocating health and safety risk in contracts and conducting training.