Abbey Kendall

Abbey Kendall is an employment and industrial lawyer and is the principal solicitor of the Working Women’s Centre. Over the last decade, Abbey has worked for small and national labour law firms and unions.

Abbey has dedicated her career to representing and advocating for worker’s rights and has successfully represented organisations against unlawful police raids, defended employees against unlawful traineeships enforced by national food franchises, and represented hundreds of workers in discrimination, sexual harassment, dismissal and workers compensations matters.

Abbey holds a Bachelor of Law and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.  She also holds governance qualifications from the Governance Institute of Australia.

Abbey is the President of the Australian Labour and Employment Relations SA Association, a member of the SA Union’s Women’s Standing Committee, and the Welfare Rights Coalition. In 2019, Abbey was elected to the Policy Council of the South Australian Council of Social Services.

Abbey is a feminist unionist and advocates for collectivist gender, sexual, economic and political justice. Presently, Abbey is working in the movement calling for the full implementation of the 55 recommendations of the Respect@Work report.