Stefan Banovich

ABOUT STEFAN

Stefan is a senior lawyer and director at MKI Legal. In 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2026 Stefan was named as a leading employment lawyer in Western Australia in the Doyle’s Guide.

Stefan has been practising in the area of workplace relations, litigation and work health and safety since 2008.

Stefan has represented thousands of clients in employment claims spanning the mining, manufacturing, oil and gas, agriculture, finance, property and construction, along with not-for-profits and various government agencies.

Stefan is an experienced litigator and adviser who assists both businesses and employees in all aspects of employment law including:

• Unfair dismissals;
• General protections matters;
• Transfer of business arrangements & outsourcing;
• Redundancy advice;
• Discrimination matters;
• Application for approval of enterprise agreements (including contested hearings);
• Enterprise agreement bargaining and disputation (including breach claims);
• Union matters (right of entry and protected industrial action);
• Equal opportunity and disability discrimination;
• Breach of contract;
• Restraint of trade;
• Claims arising from the Australian Consumer Law;
• Workplace investigations (work health and safety under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA), hazard identification and WorkSafe prosecutions);
• Employee remuneration, disciplinary procedures and performance management;
• Contract and company policy drafting and review;
• Executive recruitment;
• Award variations and leave entitlements;
• Due diligence and appropriate workplace behaviour training;
• Advocacy and representation.