Workplace Advice for Executives and Employees

Workplace advice for executives and employees

Andrew Anderson, Legal Director of Anderson Legal, is an experienced lawyer who has been described as “one of the best legal minds” by the Courier Mail (16 December 2021).

While Andrew Anderson has a history of representing clients in high-profile cases, his work is now primarily devoted to assisting businesses and individuals to resolve legal problems quickly and discreetly.

Based in Brisbane, Andrew Anderson operates nationally in assisting executives and employees to resolve disputes and contest unfair allegations made against them.

One of the fears an executive or employee faces when confronting a workplace challenge is the fear they will become entangled in a dispute with their employer – who may be perceived to have unlimited resources. The truth can be quite different. When challenged with well-founded and reasonable legal submissions, and faced with commercial realities, most employers seek to resolve legal disputes calmly and confidentially. Having an experienced lawyer on your side who understands how competing and converging legal interests may influence the outcome can balance the equation for executives and employees.

Anderson Legal defends the rights, reputations, and legal interests of executives and employees by:

• Providing advice and guidance
• Drafting responses to disputes and allegations
• Negotiating confidential resolutions with employers
• Litigating disputes in courts and tribunals

Anderson Legal assists executives and employees who are seeking a law firm that understands how to make the most of the limited resources they may have in pursuit of a just outcome. Based in Brisbane, Anderson Legal works with executives and employees across Australia who are often facing a situation that threatens their livelihood, professional reputation, and financial security.

If you are an executive or employee seeking the assistance of an experienced lawyer, contact Andrew Anderson.

Executives and employees often delay getting advice to their own detriment

As an executive or employee confronted with a workplace dispute or unfair allegation, is not uncommon to feel uncertainty, doubt, and stress. In fact, it is normal, particularly for people who feel they are faced with a situation that is unfair, unjust, or unreasonable.

It is also not uncommon to see executives and employees making mistakes about how to respond and the scope of the task. People can view the correctness of their position as self-evident. It can stop them from reflecting on their legal rights and options in responding. Sometimes, in the absence of advice, people head down a path they later wish to backtrack from, only to realise may no longer be possible.

Some people think they will engage a lawyer ‘if the worst happens’. That is, they see a lawyer as someone who will ‘react’ to a bad outcome, rather than work to ‘prevent’ it. The truth is, it often becomes harder, not easier, to change the outcome the farther things are along the road. For that reason, executives and employees are always best advised to get legal advice as soon as possible. As it is with medicine, prevention is better than a cure.

Hiring a lawyer to help you can be easier than you think, and the timing can be important. Quite often, the earlier you engage a lawyer to help you, the more options you will have available to you to resolve a dispute or workplace challenge.