Guiding Employees Through Workplace Challenges: Support from Dispute Resolution to Termination
Defending Employee Rights: From Unfair Dismissals to Workplace Equality, Your Advocate in Employment.
Guiding Employees Through Workplace Challenges: Support from Dispute Resolution to Termination
Defending Employee Rights: From Unfair Dismissals to Workplace Equality, Your Advocate in Employment.

IR Advocates provides industrial relations advice for employees – the right advice when you need it. We give you a voice in resolving a wide range of disputes in the workplace such as performance management reviews, underpayment of wages and unfair dismissal from employment. We provide emotional support and reassurance and can help clarify the employment dispute and industrial relations process.
Our industrial relations services for employees
- Unfair Dismissal: Assistance with claims of unfair dismissal, guiding employees through the legal process to seek remedies in line with the Fair Work Act.
- General Protections Applications: Support with applications related to workplace rights, discrimination, and other general protections to ensure lawful treatment.
- Employment Dispute Resolution (as a support person): Acting as a support person in employment disputes, facilitating resolutions that consider the employee’s best interests.
- Support Person for an employee: Providing one-on-one assistance to employees, acting as a support person during meetings or hearings.
- Appearing at Fair Work and QLD IR Commission hearings (including conciliation): Representation at key hearings, offering expert advocacy and negotiation to protect employee interests.
- Performance review management: Assistance with understanding and navigating performance reviews, offering guidance and support for fair evaluations.
- Investigation of underpayment of wages: In-depth examination of wage payments, seeking correction and compensation for underpayments.
- Harassment and sexual harassment: Support for victims of harassment, from reporting to resolution, ensuring dignity and respect in the workplace.
- Workplace bullying and victimisation: Guidance for those experiencing bullying or victimisation, offering support and legal remedies.
- QIRC: Expertise in matters related to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, from representation to advice.
- Workplace Discrimination: Assistance in addressing workplace discrimination, promoting equal opportunity, and seeking legal remedies.
- Redundancy Advice and Consultation: Guidance through the redundancy process, ensuring that rights and entitlements are honored.
- Individual Flexibility Arrangements: Assistance with negotiating and understanding individual flexibility arrangements that cater to unique employment needs.
- Temporary to Permanent Conversion Requests: Support with transitioning from temporary to permanent employment, including contract negotiations and legal compliance.
- Employment Termination: Guidance through the termination process, ensuring fair treatment, adherence to legal obligations, and support for future employment.
If you're an employee who needs help with an IR matter
Contact us and we will give you the assistance you need.