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Michael Byrnes
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No, COVID didn’t change the law around unfair dismissals.

A recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case out­lines the dan­ger in assum­ing busi­ness issues caused by COVID-19 change employ­er oblig­a­tions. Read the com­plete arti­cle here.

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

Publications

The Work­place Vac­cine Man­date Myth Buster Case

In the recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion deci­sion of Eileen Owens v I‑Med Radi­ol­o­gy Ltd [2022] FWC 1823, an inter­locu­to­ry judg­ment con­sid­er­ing…

The Omi­cron Work­place Safe­ty Dilemma

The Omi­cron vari­ant has, in a mat­ter of weeks, trans­formed the COVID-19 sit­u­a­tion in the east­ern states of Aus­tralia. In New…

Leave Options For Self-Iso­lat­ing Employees

The resur­gence of COVID-19 has not only ruined sum­mer hol­i­day plans and fam­i­ly get togeth­ers. It has also thrust thou­sands…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Sack­ing over anti-vaxxer protest at CFMEU HQ jus­ti­fied” — pub­lished in the Aus­tralian Finan­cial Review on 6 Jan­u­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Sack­ing over anti-vaxxer protest at CFMEU HQ jus­ti­fied”, pub­lished in the Aus­tralian Finan­cial…

Michael Byrnes con­tributed to the arti­cle, ​“Soon you’ll need to be vac­ci­nat­ed to enjoy shops, cafes and events but what about the staff there?”, which appears in The Con­ver­sa­tion on 23 Sep­tem­ber 2021

Michael Byrnes con­tributed to the arti­cle, ​“Soon you’ll need to be vac­ci­nat­ed to enjoy shops, cafes and events — but…

Con­struc­tion Sites to Return to Full Capac­i­ty from 27 Sep­tem­ber 2021

Con­struc­tion Sites to Return to Full Capac­i­ty from 27 Sep­tem­ber 2021  Since 19 July 2021, NSW Con­struc­tion sites have either been…

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