Karen Hermann

Senior Workplace Relations Adviser

Karen Hermann is an experienced workplace relations legal practitioner and a nationally accredited mediator, with a background working for leading private law firms, industry associations and government departments at Federal and State level.  Karen has substantial experience in providing technical, strategic and practical advice on a broad range of workplace relations matters including employment, discrimination, human resources and migration law matters.

Karen has significant experience in representing clients in mediations and conciliations before relevant Tribunals and managing sensitive and complex employment and discrimination litigation in a range of jurisdictions.

Karen has also delivered training for clients in employment, discrimination and workplace policy compliance and on managing overseas workers.

Karen holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Arts and is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Karen is a Nationally Accredited Mediator with the Victorian Association for Dispute Resolution.