Michael Byrnes appeared on the Sky News report, ​“Vac­cine man­date could be tip­ping point for employ­ees”, on 6 August 2021

Aug 9, 2021

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Sky News report, ​“Vac­cine man­date could be tip­ping point for employ­ees”, on 6 August 2021. As Union…
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NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try Shut Down – Fur­ther Clar­i­fi­ca­tions | 6 August 2021

Aug 6, 2021

In brief:cer­tain works can recom­mence on con­struc­tion sites which are deemed both unoc­cu­pied and occu­pied sites out­side of ​‘affect­ed areas’.* While…
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Con­struc­tion Shut Down Update – Recom­mis­sion­ing or Com­mence­ment works allowed on cer­tain Con­struc­tion Sites as of 29 July 2021

Jul 29, 2021

On 28 July 2021, the Min­is­ter passed amend­ments to clause 24AB intro­duced on 18 July 2021 under the Pub­lic Health…
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Pro­posed Changes to Con­struc­tion Shut­down Orders under Pub­lic Health (Covid-19 Tem­po­rary Move­ment and Gath­er­ing Restric­tions) Order 2021

Jul 28, 2021

Whilst we are await­ing con­fir­ma­tion in writ­ing of the pro­posed changes, the NSW Gov­ern­ment today announced amend­ments to the Orders…
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Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the HRM Online arti­cle, ​“5 com­mon legal issues for employ­ers in lock­down”, pub­lished on 22 July 2021

Jul 26, 2021

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the HRM Online arti­cle, ​“5 com­mon legal issues for employ­ers in lock­down”, pub­lished on 2…
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Covid-19 | Update

Jul 19, 2021

With the impact of NSW Gov­ern­ment restric­tions on move­ment and busi­ness clo­sures con­tin­u­ing to evolve due to the spread of…
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New Restric­tions in Place for NSW Work­ers | Update

Jul 19, 2021

By Michael Byrnes, Part­ner and Kat­ri­na Seck, Senior Associate Effec­tive 18 July 2021, the New South Wales Gov­ern­ment has tight­ened stay…
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Update | NSW Gov­ern­ment Man­date Affect­ing the Con­struc­tion Industry

Jul 19, 2021

On Sat­ur­day 17 July 2021, the NSW Gov­ern­ment issued a man­date which has brought a halt to all non-essen­tial, non-emer­gency con­struc­tion projects…
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Announce­ment | Swaab has been award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, a glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent law firms

Jul 15, 2021

Mer­i­tas is the only law firm alliance with an estab­lished and com­pre­hen­sive means of mon­i­tor­ing the qual­i­ty of its mem­ber…
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Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the OHS Alert,​“WHS lawyer looks at work­place COVID vac­cine poli­cies as NSW tight­ens work and test­ing rules”, pub­lished on 14 July 2021

Jul 14, 2021

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the OHS Alert,​“WHS lawyer looks at work­place COVID vac­cine poli­cies as NSW tight­ens work and…
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