News

Mar 27, 2020

Pod­cast | Dis­cus­sions on work­place law issues aris­ing from the Coro­n­avirus on 2GB | 26 March 2020

Part­ner Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place law issues aris­ing from the Coro­n­avirus cri­sis with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 26 March 2020 (from 1.43.50).Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 26 March 2020…

Mar 27, 2020

Lawyers Week­ly | Indef­i­nite remote work­ing to have last­ing impact on firms’ WHS poli­cies | 26 March 2020

Part­ner Michael Byrnes fea­tured in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 March 2020 to dis­cuss how indef­i­nite remote work­ing arrange­ments will have last­ing impact on firms’ WHS policies. Indef­i­nite remote work­ing to have last­ing impacts on firms’ WHS poli­cies — Lawyers Week­ly — 26 March 2020, fea­tur­ing Part­ner Michael Byrnes…

Mar 25, 2020

UPDATE #2 COVID-19 | Swaab Busi­ness Con­ti­nu­ity | 25 March 2020

As the cri­sis con­tin­ues to unfold in Aus­tralia, we have made the deci­sion that from Thurs­day 26 March 2020 our entire work­force (includ­ing part­ners) will work remotely.  We are very for­tu­nate, that as far as we are aware none of our peo­ple have con­tract­ed Covid-19. We are com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing an excel­lent…

Mar 17, 2020

UPDATE COVID-19 | Swaab Busi­ness Con­ti­nu­ity | 17 March 2020

Over the past few weeks, with the esca­la­tion of the COVID-19 out­break, we at Swaab have tak­en pre­cau­tions to ensure the safe­ty, health and well­be­ing of our peo­ple, clients and visitors. As the cri­sis con­tin­ues to increase in Aus­tralia, we have made the deci­sion that from Mon­day 23 March 2020 we…

Mar 12, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured on Mon­ey News ‑11^th March 2020 — The coro­n­avirus and man­ag­ing employ­ee leave entitlements

Lis­ten to Michael Byrnes on Mon­ey News with Brooke Corte — 11 March 2020…

Feb 7, 2020

Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 6 Feb­ru­ary 2020 — Coro­n­avirus: Do Qan­tas work­ers have the right to refuse to clean planes from China?

A Qan­tas employ­ee has report­ed­ly been stood down for telling clean­ers they didn’t have to clean planes that had come from Chi­na where the coro­n­avirus orig­i­nat­ed. Part­ner Michael Byrnes explains both sides of the argu­ment with Ben Ford­ham on 2GB.Lis­ten to the pod­cast here…