Fay Calderone

As a specialist on all matters touching the workplace, Fay provides practical advice and guidance on proactive compliance, change management and restructuring, discrimination, bullying, harassment, misconduct investigations, performance management, enterprise agreements, and industrial disputes.

Fay has paved a path as a lawyer passionate about wellbeing and inclusion drawing on over 20 years of experience as an employment lawyer. She presents at conferences, publishes articles and provides media commentary with a progressive approach to workplace issues including encouraging employers to move “beyond compliance” to the creation of healthy, inclusive and respectful workplaces. In addition to her practice as a partner in the Sydney Employment & Workplace Relations team, Fay is the Chair of National Diversity Inclusion and Wellbeing Council at Hall & Wilcox and Non-Executive Director Full Stop Australia.

Fay was named emerging leader of the year at the 2014 Women’s Agenda leadership awards and highly commended in the NSW Women Lawyers Achievement Awards as Lawyer of the Year in 2019. She is recognised for Labour & Employment Law – Sydney in The Best Lawyers and Doyle’s Guide and as a 5-star Employment Lawyer by HR Director Australia and as Elite Women by Australasian Lawyer. Fay was awarded Wellness Advocate of the Year (2021) and Employment Partner of the Year (2022) in the Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards.