About
Lauren Townsend is a Partner at Thomsons in Australia with over a decade of experience advising Australian and international employers on the full range of employment law issues across the employee lifecycle. Her practice covers employment law, industrial relations, work health and safety, discrimination and workplace investigations; she also acts as an independent workplace investigator for public and private sector clients and delivers training to in‑house counsel and HR professionals.
Practice areas
EmploymentWorkplace RelationsIndustrial RelationsWork Health & SafetyDiscriminationInvestigationsEmployment Litigation
Office
Expertise
Workplace investigations (external investigator)Public sector (Victorian Government departments; Australian Public Service)Healthcare (major public hospital)Higher education (universities)Emergency services (police and ambulance)Enterprise bargaining and industrial actionEmployment/executive contracts and terminationManagement of ill/injured workers and related workplace safety issuesTransfer of business and employee/contractor classificationWorkplace bullying, misconduct and performance management