HWL Ebsworth has appointed Mark Howard as a partner in its Melbourne workplace relations & safety practice and to head up the practice nationally.
Mark has joined HWL Ebsworth from Middletons where he was head of their Victorian workplace relations practice. He has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of industrial relations, employment law and occupational health and safety.
Mark specialises in providing advice to public and private sector employers and state and local government authorities. He has a range and depth of experience in workplace issues across a very broad range of industries including government, financial services, technology, construction, manufacturing, insurance, retail, and energy and resources.
His practice spans enterprise bargaining and workplace agreements, managing industrial disputes, restructures, terminations of employment, enforcement of post employment restraints, equal opportunity, sexual harassment and bullying and flexible workplace practices, executive and general employment contracts, board and executive solutions and compliance and risk management. Mark also has expertise in designing and delivering tailored training programs for use by national employers.
Mark will be accompanied by Chris Egan, Special Counsel, also from Middletons. Chris brings with him extensive experience in employment law with particular expertise in enterprise bargaining and industrial relations.
Juan Martinez, Managing Partner of HWL Ebsworth, says: ‘Mark is one of Melbourne’s leading workplace relations practitioners and we are delighted to welcome him to our team. Mark’s wealth of experience in contentious and non-contentious employment issues will add further depth to our client offering in this increasingly important area’.
‘Mark’s appointment reflects our continued appetite to grow both organically and through strategic lateral hires in areas of importance to our clients’ Juan added.
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