Joel Zyngier

Joel leads Gilchrist Connell’s national Workplace law practice, which includes its Employment Practices Liability and Statutory Liability practices. He has extensive experience in workplace relations and safety law, and from 2012 has been certified by the Law Institute of Victoria as an Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations.

Joel advises and represents employers across the full gamut of employment law claims and investigations and prosecutions by work health and safety and heavy vehicle regulators. He also advises employers in respect of all non-litigated employment and work health and safety law matters, including drafting and interpreting employment agreements, providing employment/HR policies, interpretation and application of legislation and industrial instruments (modern awards and enterprise agreements), managing ill and injured workers, and assisting with payroll compliance and audit matters.

Joel takes a pragmatic, commercial approach to matters. While preferring to help employers avoid claims - or resolve them early if they arise - Joel understands there is sometimes a need to defend a claim to final determination. He has deep experience assisting employers to do so and has acted for at almost every level of state and federal Courts and Tribunals.

In his spare time, Joel enjoys martial arts and practising his extensive negotiation skills with the most challenging of opponents – his two teenage daughters.