Victoria is a lawyer in Lander & Rogers' Workplace Relations & Safety team. She has a broad range of experience in employment, industrial relations and safety matters in the public and private sectors. Victoria represents employers in a wide range of employment-related disputes, including adverse action and discrimination claims, underpayment disputes, workplace investigations, and matters involving award or enterprise agreement interpretation and compliance.
Experience
Victoria's areas of expertise include:
- conducting workplace investigations
- advising on disciplinary processes and termination of employment
- managing sexual harassment and discrimination claims
- interpreting enterprise agreements and modern awards
- assisting in court and tribunal proceedings, including general protections claims, unfair dismissal matters, and industrial disputes
- advising on employee entitlements and compliance with employment obligations.
Victoria is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria and serves as a Committee Member of its Workplace Relations Committee.
She was also named a finalist in the Rising Star of the Year category at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2024.
Career highlights
Victoria’s career highlights include:
- acting for a major hospital and successfully obtaining an order from the Fair Work Commission to suspend industrial action
- assisting a large employer with a voluntary underpayment disclosure and subsequent inquiries by the Fair Work Ombudsman
- acting for a medical indemnity insurer in a VCAT discrimination proceeding, which was successfully struck out
- representing an insurer in County Court litigation relating to a major factory fire in Melbourne in 2019
- defending multiple sexual harassment claims on behalf of medical practices and negotiating favourable outcomes
- acting for a senior executive in Federal Court general protections proceedings and achieving a favourable settlement
- instructing at a penalty hearing in the Federal Court of Australia and assisting counsel with drafting evidence and submissions.