Zeb Holmes

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About Zeb Holmes

Zeb is a Senior Associate at Harmers Workplace Lawyers, and has acted extensively for employers, employees, and previously with the regulator, the Fair Work Ombudsman. Zeb has specialised knowledge in all areas of employment law, but particularly termination, discrimination, harassment and breach of contract litigation, advice on underpayments and other compliance issues with industrial instruments and WHS laws, and implementing restructures and workplace investigations. Zeb completed his JD with the University of Sydney. He has since obtained an Honours Degree at UNSW, with his thesis focusing on the relationship between workplace culture and (potentially ineffective) communication strategies adopted towards a potential target market. Zeb is starting his PhD candidacy in the UNSW Business School (Management Stream) in 2023, with a planned thesis on the disconnection in perceptions of workplace culture amongst management and workers, as well as causes and solutions for same.Zeb is passionate about enshrining human rights and fairness for workers within Australia's industrial laws, while contributing to HR and management systems that drive workplace productivity by ensuring the engagement and investment of those same workers. Zeb's professional and academic pursuits are driven to those aims.