Steven Penning

Steven is a Partner in our Workplace Relations and Safety Group with over 20 years experience advising on all aspects of workplace relations law and strategy. He is known for providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice and practical solutions and for his approachable and down to earth manner.

Steven has extensive experience providing strategic industrial relations advice including: assisting employers with complex and sensitive terminations of executive employment; negotiating and planning workplace enterprise agreements; implementing workplace restructurings; advising on Fair Work Act compliance issues. Steven has substantial experience in advising major companies and organisations in a range of industries including: retail, franchising, aviation and transport, manufacturing and distribution, resources, financial services and local government.

Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession lists Steven as one of the recommended Employment Law Practitioners in Australia. He is a sought after seminar and workshop training presenter for clients. Steven has been named in Best Lawyers™ Australia for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Employee Benefits Law and Labour and Employment Law. Steven is an Accredited Specialist in Employment and Industrial Law with the NSW Law Society and a member of the Specialist Accreditation Employment and Industrial Law Advisory Committee (the Specialist Committee that oversights the Specialists).