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Amanda Wu
Senior Associate
Ashurst
Amanda provides practical and strategic advice on a wide range of employment, industrial relations and anti-discrimination issues to both private and public sector clients, including issues concerning the management of employee grievances, performance and disciplinary issues, enterprise bargaining and the application of the transfer of business provisions under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
Amanda has particular expertise in relation to wage compliance issues, including advising on the proper construction of particular terms of industrial instruments, providing practical advice on managing the interface between legal issues and practical data-related issues during remuneration review projects, advising on and supporting clients in their engagement with regulators such as the Fair Work Ombudsman, and providing strategic advice about potential enforcement action by regulators.
SESSIONS
2:20
Panel: Managing conduct vs performance
This panel session exposes real-world scenarios where misclassifying issues or mishandling communications lead to employee claims, costly disputes, and regulatory action, showing HR leaders exactly how to act decisively to reduce risk.
Critical distinctions between conduct (behavioural breaches) vs performance (capability or output issues) and why mismanagement of either can trigger legal exposure.
Practical frameworks for early intervention, defensible investigations, and structured performance feedback to protect your organisation.
Amanda Wu, Senior Associate, Ashurst
Andrew Rich, Partner, Gadens
Alexander Millman, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley