About Jonathan
As an experienced Employment Lawyer and Director with more than 16 years’ experience in workplace relations and industrial relations, Jonathan has become a trusted adviser for Human Resources, People and Culture, Owners and Executive teams.
Jonathan has a keen interest in going beyond merely solving workplace problems for Employers but also helping in a practical way that makes sense and gets results to help foster growth and expansion and mitigate liability and risk.
The trust in Jonathan has led to presence in the media and several industries as well as being a recognised speaker for several industry associations and conferences and as a go to source for human resources professionals.
In addition, Jonathan is a regular speaker for TEC and Vistage, Manufacturing Excellence Forum, LGMA, IPWEAQ, IAG and Best Practice Network and has been interviewed by Ticker News, ABC radio, news.com.au, Brisbane Times, HR Leader, HR Daily, HRM Online, Recruitment Marketing Magazine and the Sydney Morning Herald on content expertise on Employment Law and how it shapes the current workforce.
Formal qualifications include a Masters of Commerce and bachelor degrees in Law and Politics.
Giving back to the community as a Board Member with the charity the Foundation of Student Horizons. Jonathan is also a member of the Queensland Malt Whisky Society.
How Jonathan can help
- Employment contracts and policies
- Workplace investigations
- Defending discrimination and harassment claims
- Unfair dismissal defence
- Redundancy processes
- Workplace health and safety
Where to find us
South Geldard Lawyers has offices in Rockhampton (128 Victoria Parade), Yeppoon and Brisbane. Many matters are handled entirely by phone, email and electronic signing — a number of our clients are interstate or overseas and never attend in person.