The 2026 listing of leading Employee and Trade Union-focused Victorian Employment Law Firms details firms practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters in the Victorian legal market whose practice has a strong employee and/or trade union representation focus and who have been identified by the state’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Second Tier
Third Tier
Holding Redlich
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
AJ Macken & Co
Davies Lawyers
Gordon Legal
STAL Employment Lawyers
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Holding Redlich
Jewell Hancock
Third Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
Davies Lawyers
Gordon Legal
STAL Employment Lawyers
2024 edition published March 2024
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Holding Redlich
Jewell Hancock
Third Tier
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Slater & Gordon
STAL Employment Lawyers
Recommended
Toop Workplace Law
2023 edition published February 2023
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Holding Redlich
Jewell Hancock
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Gordon Legal
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
STAL Employment Lawyers
Recommended
Toop Workplace Law
2022 edition published February 2022
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Holding Redlich
Jewell Hancock
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Gordon Legal
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
STAL Employment Lawyers
Recommended
Toop Workplace Law
2021 edition published March 2021
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Gordon Legal
Holding Redlich
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Jewell Hancock
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
STAL Employment Lawyers
Recommended
Ryan Carlisle Thomas
Toop Workplace Law
2020 edition published February 2020
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Gordon Legal
Holding Redlich
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
STAL Employment Lawyers
Recommended
Macpherson Kelly
McDonald Murholme
Ryan Carlisle Thomas
2019 edition published February 2019
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Gordon Legal
Holding Redlich
Third Tier
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Macpherson Kelly
Ryan Carlisle Thomas
Stal Employment Lawyers
2018 edition published February 2018
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Holding Redlich
Ryan Carlisle Thomas
Third Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
Gordon Legal
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Macpherson Kelly
McDonald Murholme
2017 edition published February 2017
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Holding Redlich
Third Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Rigby Cooke
Ryan Carlisle Thomas
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Macpherson Kelly
McDonald Murholme