Philip Groves

Attributes
Auditor (Position)
ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor, ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor, ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor, Lawyer
0467966222
philip.groves@equalassurance.com
- PhD, Thesis title: ‘Workplace bullying and the NSW Workers Compensation Commission’. Charles Sturt University, 2016.
- GDLP. Australian National University, 2012.
- LLB (with honours). Macquarie University, 2010)
- BA (with honours), Charles Sturt University, 2009.
- Lead auditor (Exemplar Global – ISO 9001, 14001, 45001)
Experiences
Philip has a wide experience across a variety of legal compliance contexts. Philip has honed key skills in evidence preparation, legislative interpretation, and commercial/compliance strategy to enable him to provide the highest level of support to Australian businesses.
Philip’s work roles have enabled him to develop a range of skills across various industries and work contexts. These roles have included working as a solicitor in a civil litigation practice, as the safety manager of two large national companies, as a sessional academic, and, most recently, as the General
Manager of JOPL Pty Ltd and Kaizen Management Service.

Areas of specialisation
• WHS and general legislative compliance
• Fair Work compliance and Fair Work Hearings/Conciliation
• Enforceable Undertakings (WHS)
• ISO 9001, 45001, 14001 and 27001 Management System Development
• Auditing (Lead auditor ISO 9001, 45001, 14001)
• Training and Coaching
• Incident Investigation
• Research.
• Workers Compensation
• Psychological injury and workplace mental health
• Employment Strategy and Industrial Relations.

Publications
• Groves, P. & Hillsdon, E (2020) ‘Employment Law’, in R. Townsend and M. Luck, Applied Paramedic Law,
Ethics and Professionalism (2nd edition), Elsevier Australia.
• Groves, P. & Ragusa, A. T. (2019) Workplace bullying: a sociological examination of the medico-legal
response to a growing problem in Australia, Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 35(1), pp. 45-64.
• Ragusa, A, T., and Groves, P. (2015) Stigmatisation and the Social Construction of Bullying in Australian
Administrative Law: You Can’t Make an Omelette Without Cracking an Egg . NSW Law Journal, 38(4), pp.
1507-1528.
• Ragusa, A, T., and Groves, P. (2012) Gendered meritocracy? Women senior counsels in Australia’s legal
profession. 1 Australian Journal of Gender and Law, pp. 1-18.
• Ragusa, A. T., and Groves, P. (2010). E-mail interviews with senior legal professional women in Australia:
examining computer-mediated communication. In (Ed.) Interaction in Communication Technologies and
Virtual Learning Environments: Human Factors. Hershey: Information Science Reference, pp.38-56.
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