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Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capen­er are are fea­tured in an inter­view with Jerome Doraisamy of Lawyers Weekly.

Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capen­er dis­cuss how to respond to employ­ees on Job­Keep­er who refuse to return to work. Read full inter­view here.

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Publications

Job­Keep­er 2.0: What employ­ers need to know

On 1 Sep­tem­ber 2020, the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment passed the Coro­n­avirus Eco­nom­ic Response Pack­age (Job­Keep­er Pay­ments) Amend­ment Bill 2020 which has enabled…

COVID-19 | Updat­ed Job­Keep­er Scheme

On 21 July 2020, the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment announced that it would be extend­ing the Job­Keep­er pay­ment scheme for eli­gi­ble employ­ers…

COVID-19 | The Fair­ness Prin­ci­ple in Stand­ing Down Employees

In the recent mat­ter of Mr Ryan La Plume v Thomas Foods Inter­na­tion­al Pty Lim­it­ed T/A Thomas Foods Inter­na­tion­al [2020] FWC…

In the News

Updates to NSW WHS Laws: A Brief Overview by Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capener

WHS Laws: A Brief Overview On 4 June 2020, NSW Par­lia­ment passed the Work Health and Safe­ty Amend­ment (Review) Bill 2020 (the…

Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capen­er are fea­tured in an inter­view with Lawyers Week­ly — 4 June 2020

Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capen­er dis­cuss how to respond to employ­ees on Job­Keep­er who refuse to return to work. Read…

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es whether an employ­er can sack you over what you say anony­mous­ly on social media

A High Court case will decide whether an employ­er can sack you over what you say anony­mous­ly on social media. Pub­lic…

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