Clio features for employment law firms
Whether you’re drafting agreements, managing a dismissal or personal grievance, or advising on redundancy, Clio keeps employment matters organised from intake to resolution.
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Matter Management
Keep every employment law firm's matter, document, email and key date in one secure cloud-based system. Use custom matter types and fields to organise unfair dismissal, personal grievance, discrimination and redundancy work consistently across your firm.
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Document management
Keep your employment law firm’s legal files tied to the right matter, including contracts, applications, responses, witness statements, settlement agreements and correspondence. Log every email, note and call so the complete matter file is easy to find from any device.
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Calendar
Keep your employment law firm’s critical dates connected to the right matter. Track Australia’s 21-day window for unfair dismissal and dismissal-related general protections applications, and New Zealand’s 90-day period for raising most personal grievances. Set reminders for conferences, mediation, hearings and filing deadlines, and sync Clio with Microsoft 365 or Google Calendar.
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Secure Communication
Share your employment law firm’s legal files securely through Clio for Clients, including advice letters, deeds of release, records of settlement and other matter documents. Use DocuSign for e-signatures. Set permissions to authorise specific access within your firm.
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Case Management
Use custom fields to capture the detail employment matters actually turn on — claim type and jurisdiction, application dates, continuous service, remuneration and entitlements, superannuation, settlement terms and the date employment ended. Build field sets per matter type (unfair dismissal, general protections, discrimination, redundancy) so nothing is re-keyed and nothing is missed.
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Win more employment clients with faster, smarter intake.
Use Clio Grow to manage enquiries, automate follow-up and streamline intake for unfair dismissal, personal grievance, discrimination, redundancy and other employment matters. Respond quickly, capture the right information from the start and move prospective clients from first contact to engagement in one place.
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Respond when timing matters
Follow up quickly with prospective clients and automate personalised emails in Clio Grow. For time-sensitive dismissal, general protections and personal grievance enquiries, faster responses help your employment law firm secure more clients before they look elsewhere.
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Tailor intake to each matter type
Create custom online intake forms for every kind of employment matter - unfair dismissal, general protections, discrimination, redundancy and restraint queries - and capture the details that matter from first contact.
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Onboard from anywhere
Retain and onboard clients with online intake and e-signatures in Clio Grow. Send bills electronically and accept online card payments in AUD for fixed fees and retainers with Clio Payments.
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Built for every type of employment law matter
From settlement negotiations to contested hearings, Clio helps employment law firms manage different matter types with custom fields, workflows, task lists and document templates tailored to the work.
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Unfair dismissal and general protections
Track claim type, application and conciliation dates, continuous service and remuneration. Templates for applications, responses and submissions before the Fair Work Commission.
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Discrimination matters
Capture protected attribute, complaint detail and key correspondence under the relevant federal and state anti-discrimination regimes. Manage disclosure and witness statements against the matter.
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Redundancy and restraint
Manage consultation and notice obligations, affected-employee detail, and restraint terms, with templates for standard correspondence.
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NZ personal grievances
Track personal grievance raise dates, mediation and Employment Relations Authority timelines, and remedies, with field sets and templates for NZ matters.
What Australian and New Zealand employment firms are saying about Clio.
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What is employment law software?
Employment law software helps employment law firms manage matters, deadlines, legal files, client communications, billing and trust accounting in one place. Cloud-based platforms such as Clio give lawyers secure access to unfair dismissal, general protections and personal grievance matters from the office, court or home, while reducing administrative work. Clio is cloud-based employment law software used by Australian and New Zealand firms – matters and documents are accessible from the office, court or home.
What are the common features of employment law software?
Employment law software typically includes matter and document management, legal calendaring, secure client communication, billing and trust accounting, and integrations with tools such as Microsoft 365, Google Calendar and DocuSign. These features help employment law firms organise legal files, track Fair Work and personal grievance deadlines, share documents securely and reduce repetitive administrative work.
How does employment law software make lawyers more efficient?
Employment law software brings client intake, matter management, legal files, calendaring and billing into one place. This reduces duplicate data entry, manual follow-up and time spent searching for information, giving employment law firms a clear, up-to-date view of every matter and more time for chargeable client work.
What are the benefits of employment law software?
Employment law software helps firms save time, reduce administrative errors and keep important deadlines visible. Document templates, custom fields, task lists and centralised client information make repetitive work easier to manage, so lawyers can focus more time on advising clients and progressing matters.
How does a firm choose an employment law software provider?
Start by identifying the administrative and operational problems your employment law firm needs to solve. Then compare providers on ease of use, matter and document management, calendaring, billing, integrations, security, customer support and product development. A free trial can help your team test whether the software fits its workflows before committing.
What's the best employment law software for an Australian or NZ firm?
The best employment law software depends on your firm’s size, caseload, workflows and budget. Look for secure cloud access, matter and document management, legal calendaring, billing, integrations and responsive customer support. A free trial is the most practical way to test whether the software suits your employment law firm before committing.
How does Clio protect client data?
Clio uses security controls including encryption in transit and at rest, access permissions, multi-factor authentication and independently audited security infrastructure. These safeguards can help employment law firms protect sensitive client information, but each firm remains responsible for meeting its obligations under Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 and New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020.
Can Clio manage employment matters across Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions?
Yes. Clio is jurisdiction-agnostic, so employment law firms can configure matter types, custom fields, deadlines, tasks and documents for the bodies they practise before. These may include the Fair Work Commission and federal or state courts and tribunals in Australia, and Employment Mediation Services, the Employment Relations Authority and the Employment Court in New Zealand.