John Oakes and Bruce Heddle, formerly of Minter Ellison, joined the Clayton Utz workplace relations group, based in Sydney, on 1 November. Both were instrumental in establishing one of the…

John Oakes and Bruce Heddle, formerly of Minter Ellison, joined the Clayton Utz workplace relations group, based in Sydney, on 1 November. Both were instrumental in establishing one of the major workplace relations practices in Australia at Minter Ellison. Clayton Utz said Oakes and Heddle are now both prominent practitioners in all areas of workplace relations including employment, corporate HR (M&As, restructures, outsourcings etc), employee benefits and remuneration, superannuation, relevant corporate law (including corporate governance and remuneration), privacy, discrimination, occupational health and safety, and industrial relations.