Rose Dimitrious

LLB (Hons), BBus (HRM) (Hons)

Special Counsel - Brisbane

Areas of Expertise

Workplace Relations & Safety

Contact Rose

+ 61 7 3135 0538 rose.dimitrious@holdingredlich.com Connect

Expertise

Rose is a Special Counsel in our Workplace Relations & Safety group specialising in employment and industrial relations.

Rose’s practice covers all aspects of the employment relationship, including employee misconduct, managing underperforming employees, advising on Award coverage issues, advising on employment entitlements, drafting employment agreements and policies, drafting executive agreements, contract disputes, defamation matters, anti-discrimination, professional misconduct defence, workers’ compensation and managing discipline and dismissal.

Rose has an extensive contract law background, and advises on employment contract and policy strategy. She has experience in complex front-end matters, drafting employment agreements, contractor agreements, policies and bespoke arrangements.

Rose is experienced in advising a range of clients, including large, medium and small enterprises, as well as Government.

Experience

Rose's recent experience includes:

Contract and compliance

advising on employment contracts, consultancy agreements and policies
drafting employment agreements, executive agreements, independent contractor agreements and policies
advising on sham contracting risks
operating investigations and discipline within Government policy and directives.

Human resource advisory

advising on Award and industrial instrument coverage and interpretation
advising on employee misconduct matters, including preparing investigation material as well as show cause documentation
assisting employers with responding to allegations in employment
determining appropriate strategies to manage underperforming employees.

Publications

04 December 2023 - Knowledge

Get your fix by December 6: Fixed term employment contract reforms commences

#Workplace Relations & Safety

The fixed term employment contract reforms will limit the duration of fixed term employment contracts with several exceptions. We discuss the reforms and how employers can prepare.

01 August 2023 - Knowledge

Can my employee make an unfair dismissal application? A cautionary tale on income, awards and agreements

#Workplace Relations & Safety

The case Evans V TESG is a timely reminder for employers to consider five key questions when assessing whether a high income employee is eligible to make an unfair dismissal application.

15 March 2022 - Knowledge

FWC finds an employer’s decision to dismiss an employee for excessive phone usage a good call

#Workplace Relations & Safety

Employers may be comfortable with their employees sending the odd personal text message during work hours, but how many texts are too many? The Fair Work Commission says over 1,000 texts is excessive.

Upcoming Seminars

07 Dec 23 - Brisbane

The gift of caselaw at Christmas – Holding Redlich’s review of the most important construction cases of 2023

Join our Brisbane Construction, Infrastructure & Projects team as they count down the construction cases that mattered in 2023. Our presenters will look at the facts of each case, the decision, the lessons to be learnt and what they mean in a practical sense for the industry as we move into 2024.

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07 Dec 23

Greenwashing and sustainability in ports | Ports series 2023

To help you understand greenwashing and the regulatory risks associated with non-compliance, Partner, Joanne Jary will discuss the risks, law and enforcement action examples to learn from. While with mandatory sustainability reporting on the way, Partner, Vanessa Maruna will discuss sustainability in the ports sector, proposed reporting standards and what ports need to do to be ready for the mandatory reporting.

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