Meghann Papa

Meghann Papa is a Senior Associate in Hall Payne’s employment and industrial relations team in our Sydney office. She is admitted to both the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia.

Meghann grew up in an environment of strong social justice values and was instilled with a belief in fighting for your rights when faced with injustices.

Before joining Hall Payne, Meghann worked at a private employment law firm in Sydney, representing employees. She also worked in the trade union movement as an Industrial Officer with the Australian Maritime Officers Union and Transport Workers Union.

In these roles, Meghann has stood up for the rights of employees in achieving fair and equitable outcomes in a broad range of areas including:

• wage recovery;
• workplace and industry disputes;
• unfair dismissals;
• general protections;
• discrimination; and
• contract and enterprise agreement negotiations.

Working in employment law and industrial relations has allowed Meghann to continue contributing to social justice, along with improving the lives of workers and their families.

Meghann is a member of the New South Wales Law Society.

In her spare time, Meghann enjoys reading, travelling and spending time with family and friends.