Specialist employment law and workplace relations advice for foundU customers
Employment law is high-risk and constantly changing, and getting it wrong can mean real financial and reputational exposure. That's where Citation Legal comes in. As a specialist employment law firm, Citation Legal supports foundU customers with expert legal advice across the full employment lifecycle, giving you confidence that your workplace matters are handled by dedicated specialists.
Key Citation Legal services beneficial to foundU customers include:
- Payroll and wage underpayment reviews, remediation and Fair Work Ombudsman guidance
- Independent, legally privileged workplace investigations
- Restructuring, redundancy, mediation, litigation and migration support
In this article, we will cover:
- Key Citation Legal services that can benefit your business
- Getting in contact with Citation Legal
- Citation Legal FAQs
Visit the Citation Legal page to learn more about their employment law and workplace relations services.
Not every workplace matter can be resolved with HR guidance alone — sometimes a situation carries genuine legal risk, and that's exactly the gap Citation Legal is built to fill. Their employment law specialists work through the detail of your business and industry to give advice that actually fits your situation, not a generic playbook.
Citation Legal is a specialist employment law firm (formerly known as SFDC Workplace Law), focused exclusively on employment and migration law, with over 30 years of experience and a national team based in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Clients get direct access to senior, accredited partners rather than junior associates.
Key Services Offered by Citation Legal:
- Wage underpayment reviews and remediation – Forensic payroll analysis combined with specialist employment law advice to identify, understand and fix underpayments.
- Workplace investigations – Independent, legally privileged investigations into misconduct, discrimination, harassment, whistleblower disclosures and safety incidents.
- Restructuring and redundancy advice – End-to-end support through workforce restructures, from decision-making through to implementation and genuine redundancy compliance.
- Workplace mediation – Nationally accredited mediators helping resolve interpersonal conflict, team breakdowns and senior-level disputes.
- Enterprise bargaining – Guidance through the full enterprise agreement process, from strategy through to Fair Work Commission approval.
- Employment litigation – Specialist representation in the Fair Work Commission, Federal Court, state courts and human rights commissions.
- Migration services – Corporate immigration, sponsored visas, and related legal support via the Citation Migration team.
Benefits for your business
As a foundU customer, you have access to specialist employment law support that complements your existing HR and payroll processes.
How this support can help you:
- Reduced payroll and compliance risk – Specialist review and remediation support to help protect your business from wage underpayment exposure.
- Independent, privileged investigations – Investigations conducted by lawyers are protected by legal professional privilege, keeping sensitive findings confidential.
- Confidence through change – Legally sound, commercially minded advice through restructures, redundancies and enterprise bargaining.
- Specialist representation – Access to lawyers who focus exclusively on employment law, if a matter proceeds to litigation.
- National coverage – Partners based in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, supporting multi-state operations.
Why it matters
Employment law carries real financial and reputational risk, from criminal penalties for intentional wage underpayment through to costly disputes arising from a poorly handled investigation or restructure. Having a dedicated employment law specialist means advice from a team that does nothing else, backed by the resources of the broader Citation Group.
Citation Legal is a specialist employment law firm handling a range of tasks and obligations relating to employment and migration law. If something in your business feels like it could fall within one of these areas, the first step is simply to reach out.
Select the link, then register your interest with Citation Legal.
What happens next?
- A Citation Legal partner will reach out directly to discuss the matter
- Your client relationship stays protected
Pricing
Pricing depends on the nature and scope of the matter, and can vary depending on the body of work involved. Cost will always be discussed and agreed with you before any work is undertaken.
What does Citation Legal do?
Citation Legal is a specialist employment law firm supporting businesses with wage underpayment reviews, workplace investigations, restructuring and redundancy advice, mediation, enterprise bargaining, employment litigation, and migration services.
What's the difference between Citation HR and Citation Legal?
Citation HR provides day-to-day HR advice and is backed by Citation Legal's resource library. Citation Legal provides specialist legal advice and representation for more complex or higher-risk employment matters.
Who do I contact for migration-related matters?
Citation Legal's migration services (currently under the Citation Migration brand) cover corporate immigration, sponsored visas, work rights, compliance and family immigration.