Elizabeth Devine is a solicitor who is passionate about helping people improve their work life, whether they are business owners, managers or individual employees.

Elizabeth Devine (BA, LLB)s is the founder of Devine Law at Work. She has many years of experience with large and small organisations. Her background with respected city law firms and the peak employer body Employers First (formerly “Employers Federation”) and in her own law firm and consultancymeans she has the depth of experience needed to respond to a range of needs.

Elizabeth has 17 years post-qualification experience with private sector, public sector and community sector experience in a wide range of litigation, as both an adviser and an advocate. Elizabeth has specialised in workplace law since 1996 and in this practice area has worked in the public sector, in a peak employer body, in commercial legal practice and now as a consultant and sole practitioner in private practice.

Elizabeth’s expertise in workplace law and industrial law includes the following:

• the negotiation and preparation of employment contracts and changes to contracts;
• litigation;
• industrial disputes;
• redundancies;
• workplace bargaining;
• occupational health & safety advice, Workcover investigations and litigation;
• discrimination law;
• human resource management advice;
• workplace investigations;
• award interpretation, development and enforcement;
• workers compensation;
• mediation of workplace conflict;
• negotiated termination of employment;
• policies and procedures; and
• common law contract interpretation and litigation.

Elizabeth has extensive advocacy experience and has appeared as a Solicitor Advocate in: the Australian Industrial Relations Commission; the Federal Court; the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW; the Chief Industrial Magistrates Court; the Administrative Decisions Tribunal; the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC); the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; the Disciplinary Appeals Committee; the Family Court, the District Court and the Local Court.

Elizabeth founded Devine Law at Work in 2002 to realise an ambition to practice workplace law in a holistic manner; bringing together skills and expertise in the law, adult education, communication (including negotiation, conflict resolution and facilitation) and business development.

Elizabeth is passionate about enhancing the knowledge of others about workplace law and regularly presents to a broad range of corporations and business, professional and industry groups. A professional speaker and enthusiastic educator, Elizabeth is well known for her engaging, easily understood and approachable style.