Cassie Burfoot is a Director in the firm’s Employment and Workplace Relations team and advises on all aspects of the employment relationship.
She has a particular interest in assisting employers to ensure that their payroll practices are compliant with the Fair Work Act 2009 and other applicable industrial instruments. Cassie developed the firm’s RemCheck service and has conducted payroll compliance reviews across the social and community services, aged care, healthcare, retail and manufacturing industries.
Cassie provides strategic advice in relation to workplace changes, disciplinary matters and enterprise bargaining. She regularly drafts and reviews employment documentation, undertakes employment due diligence in connection with corporate transactions, and conducts complex workplace investigations (including whistleblower investigations).
Cassie also represents clients in underpayment, unfair dismissal, general protections, discrimination, bullying, breach of contract and restraint of trade disputes, as well as regulatory matters involving the Fair Work Ombudsman and WHS regulators.
Cassie has been recognised in Best LawyersTM Australia 2026 for Labour and Employment Law and Occupational Health and Safety Law.
Expertise Capabilities
Employee/contractor agreements and entitlements
Interpretation of industrial instruments and State/Federal legislation
Payroll compliance
Employment disputes including underpayment, unfair dismissal, general protections, bullying, breach of contract and restraint of trade claims
Restructures and redundancies
Disciplinary and dismissal procedures
Workplace investigations
Matters involving the Fair Work Ombudsman
Work health and safety matters, including investigations and prosecutions
Employment issues arising from business transactions
Defamation disputes and proceedings
