Principal

Sandra provides specialist advice to employers across various industries in all aspects of employment law, industrial relations and workplace health and safety matters.  Sandra prides herself on providing clients with practical and timely commercial advice and solutions.

Sandra has extensive experience in award and enterprise agreement applicability and provisions, complex award coverage, the operation of employment contracts and restraint of trade provisions, independent contractor and employee distinctions, unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment, dismissal process, risks and strategies, redundancy process and requirements, management of ill and injured employees, workers’ compensation claims, defending unfair dismissal and general protections claims and compliance with duties under workplace health and safety legislation.

Sandra provides tailored assistance in wage compliance, including performing wage and payroll compliance audits and award/enterprise agreement compliance, determining underpayment claims and providing strategic advice on contraventions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and assistance with disclosure processes with the Fair Work Ombudsman where required.

Sandra also provides workplace training to employers on a range of employment law topics and has extensive experience in conducting workplace investigations for bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination complaints.

Sandra holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the Queensland University of Technology and is admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia.  Prior to joining Talbot Sayer, Sandra worked within a highly regarded specialist workplace relations practice at a Brisbane based mid-tier firm.  Sandra is also a member of the Queensland Law Society Industrial Law Committee.

Contact details

Phone: +61 7 3160 2900    
Mobile: +61 403 719 367
Email: [email protected]