Jessica Tinsley

Jessica Tinsley leads ACCI’s policy and advocacy work in workplace relations, discrimination and diversity, modern slavery and international labour issues. Jessica is a leading employer advocate who works across industry, government, parliament and media to secure tangible outcomes for members in designing and implementing workplace relations policy.

Jessica regularly appears before the Fair Work Commission on matters of national importance, representing employers in test cases on the application of the Fair Work Act and modern awards, and for the Annual Wage Review.

Jessica is a member of the National Workplace Relations Consultative Committee and sits on a range of tripartite working groups convened by government departments, regulators and agencies. She represents Australian business internationally at bodies such as the International Labour Organisation.

Before starting at ACCI, Jessica was an adviser to the federal Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations. Prior to that she practiced as an employment lawyer at Clayton Utz, and in London at Slaughter and May.