Rachel Stower

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Employment law; Industrial relations; Work health and safety law; Privacy law; Dispute resolution; Litigation

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – Queensland University of Technology
• Bachelor of Business (Public Relations) – Queensland University of Technology
• Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice – Queensland University of Technology
• Admitted to practice in Queensland

SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS

• Acting for and successfully defending unfair dismissal and general protections applications in the Fair Work Commission
• Acting for general protections applications in the Federal Court of Australia and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
• Acting for and successfully defending unlawful discrimination complaints in the Queensland Human Rights Commission and Australian Human Rights Commission
• Acting for and successfully defending workers’ compensation claims at first instance and on review
• Successfully defending right to information applications
• Advising on employment due diligence in a corporate transaction
• Advising on various redundancy situations
• Managing workplace investigations, including liaising with independent investigators and advising on investigation outcomes
• Preparing suites of internal organisational policies, including work health and safety policies, whistleblower policies and privacy policies

*The above representations were undertaken at a previous firm