Charles Power | Partner | Melbourne

Charles has practised in employment and industrial relations law since 1992. Charles is a former associate to a Senior Deputy President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and a former senior adviser to a federal government minister.

Charles has a strong practice representing employers, government agencies, insolvency practitioners and senior executives in all aspects of employment and industrial law.

Charles has developed a strong capacity to identify and reconcile the often diverse and contentious interests of parties to a dispute or transaction arising in a workplace.

Charles Power was named as a leading lawyer in Melbourne in the industry and peer rated guide “The ALB Guide: Employment Law 2009”

Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws - Monash University - joint winner of Industrial Arbitration Prize 1992
Bachelor of Economics (Hons) - Monash University
Workplace Relations Specialist accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria

Professional Organisations
Member of Advisory Board, Centre for Employment & Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne
Australian Human Resources Institute
Past member of the Workplace Relations Committee of the Law Institute of Victoria and Australian Institute of Management
Founding member of the Australian Labour Law Association

Publications
“When the only way is out”, HR Monthly, Australian Human Resources Institute Magazine, May 2001
“Labour Hire: the new industrial law frontier”, Law Institute Journal, July 2002
“When workers hit the wall”, Lawyers Weekly, 25 February 2005
“Soliciting know-how – Can ex-employees be restrained from poaching staff?”, Find Law Australia, April 2005
Editor-in-Chief of the Employment Law Practical Handbook