Employment Lawyers — Melbourne
Employer-side contract advice for Melbourne businesses—contracts, classification, policies and exit documents. Fixed fees agreed upfront; no court or tribunal representation.
Know what you need? Request a fixed-fee quote and upload your documents. Not sure of scope? Book a short call with a senior lawyer instead.
Fixed fee. Senior lawyer.
Every engagement is quoted upfront and led by a senior lawyer — never a paralegal-first pipeline.
- hello@envisionlegal.com.au
- Sydney · Melbourne · National
What working with us looks like
- 01
Scope confirmed
We agree in writing exactly what's in — and what isn't.
- 02
Fixed fee agreed
One price before work starts. Never hourly, never a surprise invoice.
- 03
Named senior lawyer
The lawyer you scope with is the lawyer who does the work.
- 04
Practical deliverable
Signable documents and plain-English advice, not a memo to decode.
- 05
One-business-day response
Every email and query answered within one business day.
Typical fixed-fee scopes
Employment contract
- Award and NES check
- Contract drafted for one role
- Restraint, IP and confidentiality clauses
- One round of revisions
Contract suite refresh
- Review of existing contracts
- Updated templates for each role type
- Set-off and award compliance checked
- Rollout notes for managers
Exit or termination
- Advice on process and risk
- Termination or separation letter
- Deed of release where needed
- Call before the conversation
Your fixed fee is confirmed in writing before we start — quoted to your matter.
How we help
What we handle for you.
Concrete deliverables — not a general "advice" retainer. Each item can be scoped as a one-off fixed-fee package or bundled into a monthly counsel arrangement.
01
Employment contracts & letters
Full-time, part-time, casual and maximum-term contracts drafted against the correct modern award, with IP, confidentiality and post-employment restraints that hold up.
02
Contractor vs employee classification
Reviewing contractor arrangements against the current sham-contracting and 'employee-like' provisions — before the ATO, Fair Work or a workers' comp insurer does it for you.
03
Award & entitlement audits
Award coverage, classification levels, annualised salary set-offs, long service leave under the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic) and underpayment remediation.
04
Terminations & performance exits
Performance management plans, redundancy processes, show-cause letters and deeds of release drafted to close out unfair dismissal and general protections risk.
05
Restraints & confidential information
Enforceable non-solicit and non-compete drafting, plus urgent advice when a departing employee takes clients, staff or data.
06
Policies, WFH & workplace obligations
Workplace policies, Victorian work-from-home settings, psychosocial hazard duties under OHS, and sexual harassment positive-duty compliance.
Who this is for
Clients we work best with.
- Melbourne employers hiring their first 5–50 staff
- Businesses converting contractors to employees (or the reverse)
- Employers managing a performance exit or redundancy round
- Employers checking contracts against awards and enterprise agreements
How we work
No surprises. Ever.
Fixed fees quoted upfront. Senior lawyer on every file. Clear next steps at every stage.
01 — Brief
Send a short brief or book a 15-minute call. We'll confirm scope and what you actually need — often that's less than you think.
02 — Fixed-fee quote
You get a written scope and a fixed fee before we start. No hourly billing, no scope-creep invoices.
03 — Senior lawyer, on the tools
The lawyer you scoped with is the lawyer doing the work. We turn drafts around fast and stay reachable throughout.
FAQs
Common questions.
- Do you act for employers or employees?
- Employers. Every engagement is one client with one interest — we do not act on both sides of the same dispute.
- Is a contractor agreement enough to make someone a contractor?
- No. The written contract matters more than it used to, but the arrangement still has to reflect a genuine business-to-business relationship. Misclassification exposes you to back-pay, superannuation, leave, payroll tax and penalties. We review the contract and the actual working pattern together.
- What is different about employing staff in Victoria?
- Long service leave accrues under the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic) — with entitlements accessible after 7 years — and Victoria has its own OHS regime rather than the harmonised WHS laws. Interstate template contracts routinely get both wrong.
- How much does an employment contract cost?
- We agree the scope and fixed fee before work starts. Send your documents, objectives and timetable through the enquiry form; additional work is separately scoped and agreed.
- Do you conduct Fair Work Commission proceedings?
- No. Our employment work focuses on employer contract drafting, review and advisory documents. A court or tribunal claim requires a practitioner who provides representation; do not delay getting advice about any response deadline.
Two ways to start
Get a fixed fee before any work starts.
Answer five short questions, attach your documents if you have them, and a senior lawyer replies with the scope and the price.
Know what you need? Request a fixed-fee quote and upload your documents. Not sure of scope? Book a short call with a senior lawyer instead.