People focused. Resolution driven.
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JES LEGAL is a workplace relations law firm acting for employers and employees, helping navigate employment law, work health and safety, privacy obligations and workplace relations.
Toowoomba · Brisbane
Employment law · Toowoomba & Brisbane
Employment law that focuses on keeping your business ahead of the problems
Running a business can be challenging enough without second-guessing the people side. We give employers commercial advice - the kind that helps you make decisions, work through issues early where you can, and resolve the issues that land.
People focused. Resolution driven.
Has a Fair Work Commission claim just landed on your desk?
Strict response deadlines apply, and they're short. Talk to us today - we'll work through the timeframes with you and act for your business from there including where appropriate, representing you (subject to leave being granted).
Call us nowDirect line · (07) 4599 3009
Full employment lifecycle
How we help
For employers, we focus on workplace law across the full employment lifecycle. Whatever comes up - from the first contract to the hardest conversation - we care about you and your business, and we'll help you through it.
Before it becomes a problem
A large amount of our work is getting your contracts, policies, investigations, performance management processes and decisions right, so you can mitigate issues.
When an issue arises
Where an issue becomes a claim, we can advocate for your business, stand beside you and assist you through to resolution.
What we can do
Acting for your business
- Employment Law, including contract drafting, advice and more
- Contractor Agreements
- Unfair Dismissal Defence
- General Protections Defence
- Stop Bullying Defence
- Stop Sexual Harassment Defence
- Sexual Harassment Prevention
- Work Health & Safety
- Privacy, AI & Workplace Data
- Wage Modelling & Pay Compliance
- Workplace Relations Advisory
- Workplace Training
You'll be looked after
We genuinely care about how things turn out for you.
A different kind of employment lawyer
Rigorous advocacy.
We prepare and focus on the detail including on evidence, strategy and timing - so if a matter runs the distance, we are right beside you until resolution.
Plain English, always.
We translate the law into advice you can understand and real next steps, not legal jargon.
Prevention first.
The best outcome is the dispute that never happens. We help you get the details right from the outset - contracts, decisions and difficult conversations - so problems are less likely to arise.
Practical, not just legal.
We aim to give advice and resolve disputes practically and in a timely manner - solutions that work in the real world, not just on paper.
Almost anywhere you are.
Employment law is both national and state-based. Wherever you're located across most of Australia, we can help - directly, or through a trusted referral in our network.
People focused. Resolution driven.
We keep people at the centre of every matter while working towards an efficient resolution, so you can get on with what matters most to you.
Jade Scheuerle
Director · JES LEGAL
About the founder
Practical advice for workplaces
JES LEGAL is led by Director Jade Scheuerle - an employment and workplace relations lawyer who is commercial, considered, and cares about how things turn out for you.
Jade came to law after more than twenty years in commercial roles, growing up in a family-owned manufacturing business before she practised law.
That combination is the point of difference: a lawyer who understands the legal risk and what it's actually like to be in the room when the hard calls get made - whether you're the one making them or the one affected by them - so the advice is built to work in the real world, not just on paper.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Southern Queensland
Admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland
Admitted to the High Court of Australia
Master of Applied Law with a double major in Business Transactions and Family Law
Let’s talk
No problem is too small
You don’t need to have it all figured out before you get in touch - that is what we are here for. Tell us what is happening and we’ll let you know how we can help. No pressure and no legal jargon.
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