The 2026 listing of leading Employee-focused Australian Employment Law Firms details firms practising within the areas of employment, industrial relations and workplace safety matters across all Australian legal markets whose practice has strong employee/applicant/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
Jewell Hancock
MDC Legal
Slater & Gordon
Wearing & Blairs
Recommended
BAL Lawyers
Gordon Legal
Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Modern Legal
SMB Employment Law
Williamson Barwick
Previous editions
2025 edition published March 2025
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Third Tier
Danny King Legal
Haywards Solicitors
Holding Redlich
Jewell Hancock
MDC Legal
Slater & Gordon
Wearing & Blairs
Recommended
AJ Macken & Co
BAL Lawyers
Carroll & O'Dea
Gordon Legal
McNally Jones Staff
SMB Employment Law
Toomey Pegg
2024 edition published March 2024
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Holding Redlich
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Danny King Legal
Haywards Solicitors
MDC Legal
Wearing & Blairs
Recommended
AJ Macken & Co
Carroll & O'Dea
Gordon Legal
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Jewell Hancock
McNally Jones Staff
SMB Employment Law
Toomey Pegg
2023 edition published March 2023
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Holding Redlich
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Bourne Lawyers
Carroll & O'Dea
Danny King Legal
Haywards Solicitors
MDC Legal
Wearing & Blairs
Recommended
AJ Macken & Co
Gordon Legal
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Jewell Hancock
McNally Jones Staff
Toomey Pegg
Turner Freeman
2022 edition published March 2022
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Bourne Lawyers
Carroll & O'Dea
Danny King Legal
Haywards Solicitors
Holding Redlich
MDC Legal
Wearing & Blairs
Recommended
Gordon Legal
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
McNally Jones Staff
Toomey Pegg
Turner Freeman
2021 edition published March 2021
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Bourne Lawyers
Carroll & O'Dea
Danny King Legal
Haywards Solicitors
Holding Redlich
MDC Legal
Wearing & Blairs
Recommended
Gordon Legal
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
McNally Jones Staff
Toomey Pegg
Turner Freeman
2020 edition published March 2020
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Bourne Lawyers
Carroll & O'Dea
Danny King Legal
Gordon Legal
Haywards Solicitors
MDC Legal
McNally Jones Staff
Recommended
AJ Macken & Co
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Holding Redlich
Toomey Pegg
Turner Freeman
Wearing & Blairs
2019 edition published February 2019
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
AJ Macken & Co
Bourne Lawyers
Carroll & O'Dea
Gordon Legal
Haywards Solicitors
MDC Legal
McNally Jones Staff
Recommended
Danny King Legal
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Holding Redlich
Toomey Pegg
Turner Freeman
Wearing Law
2018 edition published February 2018
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Bourne Lawyers
Carroll & O'Dea
Haywards Solicitors
MDC Legal
WG McNally Jones Staff
Recommended
AJ Macken & Co
Danny King Legal
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Holding Redlich
Ryan Carlisle Thomas
2017 edition published February 2017
First Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Slater & Gordon
Third Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Hall Payne
Haywards Solicitors
WG McNally Jones Staff
Recommended
AJ Macken & Co
Bourne Lawyers
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Holding Redlich
MDC Legal
Ryan Carlisle Thomas
Toomey Pegg