Harmers Workplace Lawyers LP focuses on innovative, high-quality problem-solving and a preventive approach to law across all areas of employment and industrial law. We are perhaps unique in Australian employment practices in that, while having an emphasis on corporate Australia and its senior executives, the firm seeks to implement workplace fairness for all, and will represent employers, employees and their representative organisations as needed.
Harmers has represented many of Australia’s largest corporations, CEOs and senior executives across a broad range of industries, and has run some of Australia’s landmark cases in employment and discrimination.
Harmers is also the Australian member firm for L&E GLOBAL, an alliance specialising in providing counsel on cross-border labour and employment law issues with 32+ international practices across 6 continents and 1750 + attorneys worldwide. L&E GLOBAL brings together premier national labour and employment law firm boutiques – as one firm – with a unified fee-for-all services approach – across borders – throughout the world.
Harmers Workplace Lawyers Awards & Rankings:
Gold Medal Winner for Employment Law, HRD Magazine HR Service Provider Awards (2024, 2023)
Top Boutique Firm – Employment Law, Australasian Lawyer (2024)
Employment Law Specialist Firm of the Year, Australasian Law Awards (2023 & 2021)
Diversity Law Firm of the Year - Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards (2023)
Employment Law Excellence Award, Australasian Law Awards (2023, 2022, 2021)
Workplace Relations & Employment Team of the Year, Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards (2020)
Leading Labour & Employment Firm, Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
Leading Employment Law Firm, Doyle’s Best Lawyers (2023, 2021, 2020)
L&E Global - an alliance of employers’ counsel worldwide:
Top Ranked Global Law Firm Network, Chambers Global (2024)