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Aiyana O’Meara

Senior Associate
Aiyana brings extensive experience advising a range of clients on employment relations, work health and safety, and dispute resolution matters.
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Aiyana acts for clients across a broad range of sizes and industries, from small businesses to large enterprises, including employers in the public sector.

She offers clear and practical advice, tailored to each client’s specific needs. With a keen eye for detail, Aiyana simplifies complex issues to their essential points for easy client understanding. She adopts a strategic and collaborative approach to claim defence and resolution, consistently providing strong representation for her clients.

  • Solicitor – Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia
  • Bachelor of Law – University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) – University of Queensland
  • Diploma of Arbitration – University of Vienna

Industrial and employment relations

  • Drafting, reviewing and advising on employment contracts, workplace policies, individual flexibility agreements, and deeds
  • Advising employers on compliance with modern awards, enterprise agreements and the Fair Work Act 2009
  • Managing ill and injured employees
  • Managing terminations of employment, including for misconduct and underperformance
  • Representing clients in the Fair Work Commission in unfair dismissal claims
  • Representing clients in the Fair Work Commission and Federal Courts in general protections claims
  • Representing clients in discrimination claims, including matters before the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission and Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Work health and safety

  • Representing clients in Workplace Health and Safety Queensland investigations, including attending interviews
  • Responding to requests for information from the Regulator
  • Defending work health and safety prosecutions, including pre-trial charge negotiations and at trial

Areas of Expertise

Workplace relations and safety

Publications

Minimum wage to increase to $1,004.90 per week from 1 July 2026

The Fair Work Commission has handed down its annual wage review decision for 2026. From 1 July 2026, the national minimum wage will increase to $1,004.90 per week, or $26.44 per hour.

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Sexual harassment in the workplace: Court imposes $116,000 in penalties and compensation against contractor and customer

A contractor and a customer of a business have been ordered to pay a total of $116,000 for compensation and penalties for sexually harassing an employee at a storage facility.

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