Bede Gahan
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Biography
Bede is an employment and labour lawyer based in Canberra.
Bede has a particular focus on employment and workplace relations matters, covering entitlements, enterprise bargaining, managing ill and injured workers, performance management, complaints and grievances, and employment-related litigation in the Federal courts, the Fair Work Commission and the Human Rights Commissions.
His clients are large and sophisticated employers operating in complex regulatory environment. This includes the Commonwealth public sector, as well as clients in the education and health care sectors.
Professional experience
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- Bachelor of Economics, University of Sydney (2005)
- Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory 2009
- High Court of Australia 2009
- Commonwealth Government – on a number of high-profile and sensitive sexual harassment / assault claims.
- Commonwealth Government – on addressing compliance with new workplace law reforms, and implementing strategies to achieve compliance.
- Commonwealth Government – on multiple enterprise bargaining deals, including in disputes with unions before the Fair Work Commission.
- Commonwealth Government – on large-scale workplace change programs, including the restructure of entire agencies.
- Commonwealth Government – on identifying and remediating large underpayments issues.
- Commonwealth Government – on the management of unreasonably persistent complainants, including the obtaining of workplace protection orders to protect the safety of individuals in the workplace.
- Commonwealth Government – on the sensitive management of employees with severe medical conditions and disabilities.
- Group of 8 University – on defending the termination of employment of a professor for sexual conduct with a student.
- Ranked in Doyles Guide as a leading lawyer in employment law (employer representation) (2020 – 20204)
- Consistently voted by peers as one of Australia's Best Lawyers in employment law (2020 – 2024)
- English