Joydeep Hor

Managing Principal

Joydeep is the Managing Principal of People + Culture Strategies (Australia’s fastest growing law firm). Now having led law firms for nearly a decade, Joydeep established PCS as a firm that reflected his vision for legal, training and consulting services in the workplace relations and HR space.

The most recent edition (2013) of respected worldwide publication Chambers & Partners had this to say:

Joydeep Hor of People + Culture Strategies is characterised as “a brilliant and respected player in this market,” whose innovative yet “pragmatic and sensible” approach impresses many peers. Clients praise his ”first-class work, which gives us a thorough understanding of all the issues and how we need to deal with them, and provides practical solutions.”

Previous accolades include being twice counted as one of Australia’s Hot 40 Lawyers according to Australasian Legal Business Magazine.

Joydeep’s professional qualifications include him being a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute, holding a Master of Laws from University of Sydney (where he previously completed a Bachelor of Laws with Honours degree and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English literature).

With over 16 years’ continuous experience in advising employers on all aspects of law and strategy in workplace relations and HR, Joydeep continues to advise leading Australian private sector and public sector employers and across every industry. Having acted for Jessica Rowe in her high-profile litigation against Channel 10 in 2006 (and subsequently in Jessica’s dispute with the Nine Network) Joydeep continues to represent prominent media personalities Georgie Gardner, Peter Overton and Jennifer Hawkins as well as a litany of other senior executives.

Joydeep appears as a regular guest on Sky Business Channel, and is a regular presenter at HR, Management and industry briefings. He has authored numerous books, including: Inside Employee Screening, two editions of Managing Termination of Employment, Work Choices FAQs, Fair Work Act FAQs, Finders Keepers: How to Attract and Retain Great Employees and most recently Managing Workplace Behaviour: a Best Practice Guide. Additionally, Joydeep is on the CCH HR/IR Editorial Board, a Board Member of The American Club and sits on the Advisory Council of Executive Women’s Business.

While an expert in all areas of workplace relations, Joydeep is one of Australia’s “go to” lawyers for complex and sensitive terminations of employment and also for defending cases of sexual harassment. He also conducts numerous training programs for clients provides people management coaching for executives and has a proven track record of attracting the attention and respect of Boards, leadership groups and management teams of organisations.