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I am focused on understanding my clients’ needs and developing solutions to protect client reputations, manage client employment law and industrial relations risks and to add real value to client businesses.

Sarah Ralph

Oceania Law Leader

Employment Lawyer. Trusted adviser. Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Dog mum. Committed to community service.

Areas of focus Law Workforce
Office Melbourne, AU

Sarah is a trusted adviser to her clients well known for her pragmatic and strategic advice.

She advises in all areas of employment law including public sector employment, investigations, compliance and underpayments, discrimination and sexual harassment, executive employment and termination of employment. Sarah has a significant background in industrial relations including strategic planning, enterprise agreements and industrial disputes. Sarah also has an impressive record in employment litigation, successfully defending claims against employers in discrimination, general protection and unfair dismissal claims.

Sarah has a Bachelor of laws and Master of Laws. She has previously worked in the manufacturing and government sectors and she brings her unique experience to the employment law advice she provides clients. Prior to joining EY she worked in a leading global law firm.

How Sarah is building a better working world

"As an employment lawyer, my focus is to provide strategic advice to employers that enables them to make informed decisions about their employees. As a trusted adviser, my advice often includes consideration of workplace culture, employee welfare and safety, compliance with laws and strategies to manage employee and business risks.

I am building a better working world by providing employers with wholistic employment law advice, enabling employers to put their employees at the centre."

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