Team Members

Isabella Clements

Associate
Isabella is an associate in the workplace relations and safety team. With more than five years’ legal industry experience, she provides practical, commercial advice on employment and safety law issues.

Isabella is an associate in the workplace relations and safety team. With more than five years’ legal industry experience, she provides practical, commercial advice on employment and safety law issues.

Isabella’s expertise extends to employment disputes such as underpayment, unfair dismissal, discrimination, adverse action matters and workers’ compensation. She regularly acts for clients in state and federal courts and tribunals, ensuring robust representation and effective resolution of complex employment matters.

Committed to delivering clear and effective solutions, she combines her knowledge of employment law with a pragmatic approach tailored to each client’s needs. Isabella’s dedication and collaborative style make her a valued member of the team.

  • Solicitor – Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia
  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – Griffith University
  • Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice – Queensland University of Technology
  • Advising clients in relation to modern award coverage, enterprise agreements and underpayment claims.
  • Advising clients on various employment matters including managing ill and injured employees, disciplinary matters, termination and redundancy.
  • Assisting clients with discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment matters.
  • Representing clients in state and federal courts, Queensland Industrial Relations Commission and Fair Work Commission.
  • Undertaking and advising on workplace investigations.
  • Drafting employment contracts, workplace policies and individual flexibility agreements.
  • Assisting clients with flexible working requests, working from home and the right to disconnect.

Areas of Expertise

Publications

Queensland's Reportable Conduct Scheme: What schools need to know

Queensland's Reportable Conduct Scheme is now in force, requiring reporting entities, including schools, to identify, report and investigate allegations of child abuse or child-related misconduct made about workers.

First right to disconnect rulings clarify the bar for a contravention of the right to disconnect laws

The Fair Work Act's right to disconnect provisions have finally been tested, and the result offers employers some comfort, but not a free pass.

Redundancy consultation obligations: no shortcuts for small businesses

The Full Bench’s decision in Orientile Pty Ltd v Zhang is a timely reminder that redundancy consultation obligations apply equally to small businesses.