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Michael Byrnes
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In his first big pol­i­cy speech for 2021, Labor leader Antho­ny Albanese pledges more secu­ri­ty for inse­cure work­ers, includ­ing the intro­duc­tion of a fed­er­al portable leave pol­i­cy. But is his plan actu­al­ly fea­si­ble? Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM online — 11 Feb­ru­ary 2021.

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The Omi­cron Work­place Safe­ty Dilemma

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FWCFB sheds light on the infor­ma­tion employ­ers are required to pro­vide employ­ees for an agree­ment to be ​‘gen­uine­ly agreed’

In the case of The Aus­tralian Work­ers’ Union v Skout Solu­tions Pty Ltd [2021] FWCFB 119, a Fair Work Com­mis­sion Full Bench…

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 dis­cuss­es work­place vac­ci­na­tion with Ben Ford­ham On 2GB | 23 Feb­ru­ary 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the legal issues relat­ed to manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion with Ben Ford­ham on 2GB on 23 Feb­ru­ary 2021.Click…

Unpack­ing the ALP’s pro­posed portable leave policy

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