Brett Elgar is counsel in our employment practice
Brett has more than 20 years' experience as a work health & safety lawyer and is recognised as a leading lawyer in Occupational Health & Safety by Best Lawyers Australia.
Brett helps clients to meet their work health & safety obligations, to manage incident investigations and inquests, and to defend prosecutions. He also provides work health & safety advice on major projects and drafts work health & safety clauses for contracts and health & safety related policies and procedures. He has a deep understanding of work health & safety laws applicable to various industries, including government, mining, petroleum and gas, construction, manufacturing, utilities, rail, road transport and electricity.
Brett provides tailored training on work health and safety topics such as officer due diligence, managing a major safety incident and managing contractor safety.
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employment alert
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Safety matters Alert
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AUSTRALIAN SAFETY MATTERS ALERT
07 Nov 2018 Important Reforms to Queensland's Mine Safety Laws