News

Mar 8, 2022

Swaab makes quar­ter finals of the Foot­ball Devel­op­ment Australia’s 2022 cor­po­rate foot­ball event.

A great day was had by all with the Swaab team mak­ing it all the way through to the quar­ter finals. Well done, Ger­ald Carides, Stephanie Turn­er, Renee Hinkel­bein, Jonathon Youssef, Olivia Hobill Cole and Steven Wang, for fly­ing the Swaab flag. Foot­ball Devel­op­ment Australia’s cor­po­rate foot­ball events bring staff…

Mar 8, 2022

Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2022

The glob­al theme for Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day in 2022 is ​‘Chang­ing Cli­mates: Equal­i­ty Today for a Sus­tain­able Tomor­row’. This year’s theme is all about recog­nis­ing and ampli­fy­ing the impor­tant role women and girls around the world play in address­ing cli­mate change. This year’s Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day (IWD) chal­lenges us to do exact­ly…

Mar 4, 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions James Skel­ton | Aus­tralasian Lawyer 2022 Ris­ing Star

Con­grat­u­la­tions James Skel­ton on being recog­nised by Aus­tralasian Lawyer as a 2022 Ris­ing Star.  Aus­tralasian Lawyer received nation­wide nom­i­na­tions for the 2022 Ris­ing Stars list in Octo­ber 2021. Nom­i­nees were required to be 35 or under as of 31 Jan­u­ary and com­mit­ted to a career in the legal pro­fes­sion. Each nom­i­nee was asked…

Feb 25, 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions Kat­ri­na Seck for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Ris­ing Star — Employ­ment & WHS 2022

Kat­ri­na spe­cial­is­es in Employ­ment law, Work­place Rela­tions and Work Health and Safe­ty. Advis­ing on all stages of the employ­ment life-cycle, with expe­ri­ence in draft­ing employ­ment con­tracts and poli­cies, per­for­mance man­age­ment and the man­age­ment of dis­ci­pli­nary action, advice on the inter­pre­ta­tion of indus­tri­al instru­ments such as mod­ern awards and enter­prise agree­ments…

Feb 23, 2022

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the tra­gi-com­ic case of Crack­ers the galah and impor­tant unfair dis­missal lessons for busi­ness with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 22 Feb­ru­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the tra­gi-com­ic case of Crack­ers the galah and impor­tant unfair dis­missal lessons for busi­ness with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 22 Feb­ru­ary 2022 To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Feb 14, 2022

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, ” How can employ­ers man­age the annu­al leave cri­sis?” Pub­lished in InThe­Black on 1 Feb­ru­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ” How can employ­ers man­age the annu­al leave cri­sis?” Pub­lished in InThe­Black on 1 Feb­ru­ary 2022. To read the full arti­cle click here…

Feb 10, 2022

I dis­cussed the High Court deci­sions in ZG Oper­a­tions & Anor v Jam­sek & Ors and CFM­MEU & Anor v Per­son­nel Con­tract­ing Pty Ltd (and, in par­tic­u­lar, their poten­tial rel­e­vance to the gig econ­o­my) with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 9 Feb­ru­ary 2022 on 2GB, 3AW

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the High Court deci­sions in ZG Oper­a­tions & Anor v Jam­sek & Ors and CFM­MEU & Anor v Per­son­nel Con­tract­ing Pty Ltd (and, in par­tic­u­lar, their poten­tial rel­e­vance to the gig econ­o­my) with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 9 Feb­ru­ary 2021 on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC (from 26:15): To lis­ten to the…

Jan 31, 2022

恭喜发财 — Hap­pi­ness and prosperity

To all our val­ued clients, friends and con­tacts, the Part­ners and staff at Swaab would like to wish each and every­one one of you health, wealth, and good for­tune dur­ing the year of the Tiger.…

Jan 20, 2022

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 Review on the 6th Jan­u­ary 2022. To read the full arti­cle please click here …

Dec 17, 2021

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“7 legal cas­es for HR to keep an eye on in 2022”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 16 Decem­ber 2021

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“7 legal cas­es for HR to keep an eye on in 2022”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 16 Decem­ber 2021 To read the full arti­cle please click here…