How can Aptum help?
Aptum has experience with all types of disputes involving employment agreements and termination, including: negotiating payouts; equity; dismissal and disciplinary investigations; and restraints of trade.
Aptum acts for employees, employers, CEOs and senior executives, blending experience from diverse corporate and commercial environments.
We understand that many employment disputes also carry important considerations such as ensuring an ongoing career or maintaining a healthy company, and factor these priorities into our strategies for resolution.
"They were contactable and relayed information quickly when required. They explained everything and ensured that I understood the specifics. They covered everything. I was confident as I knew I had a strong legal team who had done the work required to win."
– Samantha Bainbridge (Director) Integrate Recruitment
What makes Aptum different
Legal intelligence framework
Practical, ongoing risk assessment to focus on the essential.
Project management framework
Routine documented strategy through custom project management.
Case Study
A harassed employee enabled to leave the business with appropriate compensation
Problem: A female senior executive working in a male dominated business was subjected to severe bullying and emotionally abusive behaviour from various other senior executives in the firm, causing her to suffer psychological injuries that meant she could no longer continue to work.
Aptum’s role: Aptum was engaged to strategise her exit from the business. This involved positioning the client for negotiations with the employer by preparing an adverse action claim under the Fair Work Act.
Our client’s remuneration structure was heavily influenced by performance bonuses, so her resignation would have meant she was no longer entitled to those bonuses. She was also left with severe mental and physical medical issues that meant that she would be unable to work in a similar role or capacity again.
It was important to our client to ensure full vindication, but also to secure her entitlement to the bonuses she had earned.
Outcome: Aptum achieved a significant and early negotiated outcome without having to issue proceedings that enabled our client to leave the business knowing that she would be able to maintain her livelihood and independence.
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