Maddocks

Employment, Safety & People

Partner

Karli has more than 15 years’ experience acting for private and public sector clients in a range of high profile employment and industrial relations matters.

A dedicated lawyer with a proven capacity to build exceptional client relationships, Karli's practice spans the full spectrum of employment law, including industrial relations and enterprise bargaining, general protections workplace change and termination and redundancies.

An experienced and reputable employment litigator, Karli has represented clients in matters of national significance in all courts and tribunals, including the High Court, Federal Court, Supreme Court and Fair Work Commission.

Karli has first-rate experience assisting some of Australia’s largest corporations to develop and execute comprehensive industrial relations strategies, and she has worked across industries including aviation, telecommunications, building and construction, financial services, logistics, resources, energy, health, manufacturing and agribusiness and retail.

Karli is passionate about creating learning opportunities for clients, and she regularly facilitates workshops and briefings for clients on a broad range of issues including bargaining essentials, managing workplace investigations, outsourcing and sham contracting, the implementation of drug and alcohol policies, general protections and bullying claims, issues in social media, confidential information and privacy, and how to deal with government regulators.

Industrial Relations Society of Victoria

Australian Human Resources Institute

Law Council of Australia

Law Institute of Victoria

LLB, BA, Monash University

LLM Labour Relations Law, Melbourne University