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Michael Byrnes
Partner

With sev­er­al COVID-19 vac­cines on the hori­zon, employ­ers might want to make them manda­to­ry for all employ­ees. How­ev­er, legal­ly, are they allowed to? 

Work­places are con­tem­plat­ing how to nav­i­gate a vac­cine and the pos­si­bil­i­ty of man­dat­ing it for employ­ees. Because of this, all eyes were on the Fair Work Com­mis­sion as it recent­ly con­sid­ered the case of an ear­ly child­hood teacher who was ter­mi­nat­ed for not get­ting the flu vaccine. 

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Publications

Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Act 2010 (NSW) reforms and oblig­a­tions of land­lords — effec­tive from 19 May 2025

Intro­duc­tionThe Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Act 2010 (NSW) (the Act) and the Res­i­den­tial Ten­an­cies Reg­u­la­tion 2019 (NSW) (the Reg­u­la­tions) have under­gone some sig­nif­i­cant…

Fail­ing to Reg­is­ter a PPSR Secu­ri­ty Inter­est on Time – Legal Risks and Options

Intro­duc­tionTime­ly reg­is­tra­tion of secu­ri­ty inter­ests under the Per­son­al Prop­er­ty Secu­ri­ties Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) is essen­tial for secured cred­i­tors to…

Con­struc­tion con­tracts are more than just a doc­u­ment — remove con­trac­tu­al claus­es at your peril

Your con­struc­tion con­tract will map out the path­way to your build­ing project com­plet­ing on time and with­in bud­get and detail­ing…

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Press Release | New Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Hugo Mahony

“As we con­tin­ue to expand in line with our strate­gic vision, Hugo’s deep knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in Com­mer­cial, Cor­po­rate, IP…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Police and Safe­Work are inves­ti­gat­ing MAFS, but the show keeps win­ning the rat­ings race”, pub­lished on ABC News on 6 April 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Police and Safe­Work are inves­ti­gat­ing MAFS, but the show keeps win­ning the rat­ings…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 2 April 2025 to dis­cuss the pro­posed lim­i­ta­tion on non-com­pete clauses

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 2 April 2025 to dis­cuss the pro­posed lim­i­ta­tion on non-com­pete clausesTo…

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