Employment & Workplace · PTF Partners, Brisbane

Get the people decision right — before it becomes a claim.

Senior employment counsel for Brisbane employers and senior executives — contracts, restructures, performance management, and exits, handled commercially and without drama.

✓ No obligation ✓ Same-business-day response ✓ Fixed-fee quote on the call
Employer & senior executive matters Fair Work & QIRC experience Fixed fees where sensible

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If this sounds familiar

The situations we’re most often the right call for.

You’re about to terminate someone, and you don’t want a claim landing six weeks later.

Performance has been patchy, the role has shifted, the conversation hasn’t been had cleanly. You want a senior view on procedural fairness and a written plan before you act — not after.

Your employment contracts are templates pulled off the internet.

Restraints that won’t hold up. Confidentiality clauses with holes. Modern award classifications you can’t verify. You want a clean set drafted by someone who actually reads them.

Restructuring or making redundancies.

Genuine redundancy is a defence — but only if the process is right. You want consultation, selection, and redeployment handled in a way that survives Fair Work scrutiny.

A senior executive facing exit, restructure, or a non-compete.

You’ve been offered (or imposed) terms. You want a senior commercial lawyer on your side — not a generalist — to negotiate the exit, equity, and post-employment restraints.

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What you get on the call

Twenty minutes. Three things you walk away with.

Even if you don’t engage us, the call is worth your time. Here’s exactly what you’ll have by the end of it.

1

An honest read on your situation.

We tell you what we actually think — including whether you need a lawyer at all, and whether we’re the right one for this matter.

2

Clear next steps.

A written summary of what we’d do, in what order, and what you should do first — whether or not you engage us.

3

A fixed-fee quote.

If it makes sense for us to do the work, we send a fixed-fee quote (or a clearly capped scope) by the end of the call. No “we’ll get back to you.”

Clients on PTF

What clients say after the work is done.

Handled a difficult termination cleanly. No claim landed, no drama on the team.
HR ManagerMid-size Brisbane employer
Negotiated my exit package up by $180k and trimmed the non-compete to something workable.
Senior ExecutiveTech sector
Rebuilt our contracts and policies in three weeks. Saved us a Fair Work case six months later.
Operations DirectorConstruction company

Client names withheld for confidentiality. Available on request.

Why founders & SMEs pick PTF

Three things we hold to, every matter.

Considered

Every paragraph of advice carries its weight. Plain English. Trade-offs surfaced early. We tell you what we’d do if it were our matter.

Commercial

Work is measured in outcomes, not in hours billed. We pick the shortest credible path to a good result — not the most thorough-looking one.

Clear

Transparent fees. Same-day acknowledgements. Plain-English correspondence. You should never open an invoice and be surprised.

The work, typically

What an engagement covers.

  • Employment contracts — executives, professionals, and modern-award employees
  • Independent contractor agreements and contractor/employee classification advice
  • Termination strategy and performance management — written plans before action
  • Restructuring and redundancy advice — consultation, selection, redeployment
  • Workplace policies — code of conduct, social media, IT, WHS, drug and alcohol
  • Restraints of trade — drafting, enforcement, and defence
  • Workplace investigations — bullying, harassment, and serious misconduct
  • Senior executive matters — engagement, equity, exit, and post-employment restraints
  • Fair Work Commission and QIRC representation through to formal hearing

Scope is agreed before any work starts. You’ll receive a written engagement letter with a fixed fee (or capped scope, for open-ended matters) before you commit.

How it runs

From your enquiry to a signed outcome.

You enquire

A few lines via the form below. We acknowledge the same business day.

Free 20-min call

An honest read, clear next steps, and a fixed-fee quote if it makes sense.

Engagement & fee

Written scope, fixed fee. Nothing starts until you sign off in writing.

Work delivered

Delivered, walked through with you in plain English, and the file is closed cleanly.

Before you enquire

Common questions, answered.

How much will this cost?

Employment contract drafting starts at $850 per role. A termination strategy with a written plan starts at $1,800. Senior executive exit negotiations sit between $4,000 and $10,000 depending on complexity. You’ll have a written fixed-fee quote (or capped scope) before any work begins.

Can you act for both employers and employees?

Primarily employers — founders, SMEs, and mid-size businesses — and senior executives on the employee side. We focus on commercial-grade engagements where a strategic view matters more than volume.

Someone has lodged a Fair Work claim against us. What now?

Move fast. Unfair dismissal applications run on a 21-day clock. Get in touch the day you receive the application — most claims resolve at conciliation if the response is handled properly from day one.

Do you handle workplace investigations?

Yes. We conduct external investigations for bullying, harassment, and serious misconduct complaints, and we advise employers running their own internal investigations. A clean process protects the employer regardless of outcome.

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