Our Employment, Industrial Relations & Immigration practice advises boards, executives, and organisations across the public, private, and international sectors in PNG.
We act for corporations, embassies, international development organisations, NGOs, and government entities on all aspects of workplace law — from recruitment and compliance to workforce restructures, disputes, investigations, and strategic workforce planning. Our advice is practical, culturally aware, and aligned with PNG’s regulatory and operational environment.
Core Capabilities
Employment & Workplace Advisory
Our Employment & Workplace Advisory team provides strategic, commercially focused support across the full employment lifecycle, helping clients develop robust employment contracts, executive agreements, and workforce policies that are tailored to their operational needs. We advise on performance management, restructures, redundancies, trade union engagement, enterprise bargaining, and industrial relations matters, while also assisting clients to manage confidentiality, restraint, and post-employment obligations. Our capability extends to governance, succession planning, and employee incentive design, enabling organisations to build resilient, compliant, and high-performing workforces in PNG’s dynamic employment environment.
Workplace Risk, Compliance & Investigations
We support clients in identifying, managing, and responding to workplace risk with practical advice on compliance with PNG employment legislation, workplace governance, and internal control systems. Our team assists with sensitive fraud, misconduct, and whistleblower investigations, as well as workplace bullying, harassment, and discrimination complaints, helping organisations respond decisively while maintaining procedural fairness and reputational confidence. We also advise on health, safety, data protection, human rights, and broader governance frameworks to strengthen compliant and resilient workplace operations.
Employment Disputes & Litigation
Our employment disputes and litigation capability combines strategic dispute resolution with strong advocacy before PNG tribunals and courts. We advise and represent clients in unfair dismissal, breach of contract, discrimination, restraint of trade, industrial, and collective bargaining disputes, with a focus on achieving commercially sensible outcomes. Whether through mediation, arbitration, or formal litigation, we help clients manage employment disputes efficiently, protect business continuity, and minimise legal and reputational exposure.
Immigration & Workforce Mobility
We provide end-to-end immigration and workforce mobility support for businesses, executives, expatriates, investors, and multinational operations in PNG. Our team advises on work permits, employment visas, transfers of non-citizens, residency, citizenship, investor migration, and ongoing immigration compliance, helping clients navigate regulatory requirements with clarity and confidence.
Diplomatic & International Organisation Advisory
We advise diplomatic missions, international organisations, aid agencies, and related institutions on the employment, governance, and operational issues that arise in PNG, including under the Vienna Conventions. Our experience includes advising on locally engaged and diplomatic staff arrangements and appropriate governance and employment structures for missions and development organisations. We bring a practical understanding of the intersection between local employment requirements, international legal frameworks, and the sensitivities of diplomatic and development-sector operations.
Why Clients Choose Us
Clients choose us for our deep local expertise in PNG’s workplace and immigration frameworks, our experience advising embassies, multinationals, and government entities, and our ability to deliver practical, commercially focused solutions to complex workforce issues. Our Employment, Industrial Relations & Immigration practice draws on integrated capability across our Corporate and Tax teams, enabling us to provide strategic, coordinated advice that is responsive to clients’ legal, commercial, and operational priorities.
