News

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…

Dec 14, 2021

Wish­ing you hap­py hol­i­days and a pros­per­ous new year

Over the hol­i­day peri­od, our offices will be closed from 5pm Thurs­day 23rd Decem­ber 2021 and will reopen 8.30am Mon­day 10th Jan­u­ary 2022…

Dec 8, 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion (and specif­i­cal­ly the out­come in the recent FWC Full Bench test case) with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 7 Decem­ber 2021 on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC (from 26:09)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion (and specif­i­cal­ly the out­come in the recent FWC Full Bench test case) with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 7 Decem­ber 2021 on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC (from 26:09) To lis­ten to the inter­view click here …

Dec 7, 2021

Swaab host­ed the Fam­i­ly Busi­ness Aus­tralia (FBA) NSW Cel­e­brate: End of Year Net­work­ing Event 2021

Angela Har­vey and Swaab were once again hon­oured to host the annu­al Fam­i­ly Busi­ness Aus­tralia (FBA) NSW Cel­e­brate: End of Year Net­work­ing Event.  This event has become one of the most pop­u­lar and antic­i­pat­ed in the NSW calendar.  2021 has shown that fam­i­ly busi­ness­es have once again been resilient and per­se­vered in…

Dec 6, 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place Christ­mas par­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 3 Decem­ber 2021 (from 1:05:45)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place Christ­mas par­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 3 Decem­ber 2021 (from 1:05:45) To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…