Thea Birss

Partner

Thea leads our employment and safety law practice. She equips organisations to strategically engage and manage their people.

With nearly two decades of experience in both national and local firms, Thea’s expertise spans the full range of employment and safety matters including:

• performance and change management
• disciplinary investigations
• employment and contractor agreements
• workplace policies
• enterprise bargaining and workplace strategy
• protection of intellectual property
• WHS advice and incident management
• workers compensation
• workplace surveillance and privacy
• compliance training and auditing; and
• employment litigation (including adverse action, unfair dismissal, bullying, anti-discrimination matters and restraints of trade).

Thea has experience working with corporate, government and SME clients from a diverse range of industries. She has assisted clients in both the State and Federal courts, the Fair Work Commission, the Australian Human Rights Commission and the South Australian Employment Tribunal.

Thea specialises in proactive risk management and partners with clients to maximise workplace productivity.

RECOGNITION

Thea has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia for her work in Labour and Employment Law since 2020.