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Swaab Con­nect | May 2023

Employ­ees & the Employ­er Posi­tion on the Voice in Par­lia­ment | Employ­ment Law, Reme­di­a­tion Orders – What are they? And what hap­pens if you get one? | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Land & Envi­ron­ment Court Declares Devel­op­ment Con­sent Invalid Over Fail­ure to Impose Rel­e­vant Con­di­tions | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Resolv­ing Prop­er­ty Co-Own­er­­ship Dis­putes…

Swaab Con­nect | July 2023

Non-Dis­­­­­par­age­­­ment Claus­es v Free Speech | Employ­ment Law, Con­struc­tion indus­try update: When is reme­di­al build­ing work exempt devel­op­ment? | Con­struc­tion Law, Is your Com­ply­ing Devel­op­ment Cer­tifi­cate valid? | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2023 | Employ­ment Law…

Swaab Con­nect | August 2023

Non-Dis­­­­­par­age­­­ment Claus­es v Free Speech | Employ­ment Law, Con­struc­tion indus­try update: When is reme­di­al build­ing work exempt devel­op­ment? | Con­struc­tion Law, Is your Com­ply­ing Devel­op­ment Cer­tifi­cate valid? | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2023 | Employ­ment Law…

Swaab Con­nect | Sep­tem­ber 2023

Tree dis­putes among neigh­bours – know your rights | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Clos­ing Loop­holes or Rad­i­cal Change? The Fair Work Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Clos­ing Loop­holes) Bill 2023 | Employ­ment Law, Helen Kow­al dis­cuss­es with Stra­ta Plus the impli­ca­tions of recent leg­isla­tive and reg­u­la­to­ry reforms in the con­struc­tion indus­try of NSW |…

Swaab Con­nect | Novem­ber 2023

‘Tis the Sea­son to Avoid Fol­ly: Work­place Christ­mas Par­ties (2023 Edi­tion) | Employ­ment Law, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Clos­ing Loop­holes Bill: new tranche of indus­tri­al rela­tions changes com­ing in 2024”, pub­lished in HRM Online | Indus­tri­al Rela­tions Law, Major update in fight over Melis­sa Caddick’s $12k sneak­ers |…

Swaab Con­nect | Jan­u­ary 2024

Lat­touf v ABC: The Cur­rent State of Play | Employ­ment Law, Aus­tralia Day Sub­sti­tu­tion: The Legal Issues (2024 Edi­tion) | Employ­ment Law, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Cau­tion­ary tale for employ­ers grap­pling with remote work”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 27 Jan­u­ary 2024 | Employ­ment Law, Michael Byrnes quote in…

Swaab Con­nect | Feb­ru­ary 2024

The Right to Dis­con­nect: What is it? What does it mean for work­places? | Employ­ment Law, Valen­tine’s Day in the Work­place (2024 Edi­tion) | Employ­ment Law, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Cau­tion­ary tale for employ­ers grap­pling with remote work”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 27 Jan­u­ary 2024 | Employ­ment…

Swaab Con­nect | March 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘Sig­nif­i­cant’ Fair Work reforms will result in busy peri­od for employ­ment law”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 11 March 2024 | Employ­ment Law, Newest giant hous­ing devel­op­ment is just 7km from the new West­ern Syd­ney Air­port | Prop­er­ty Law, ARCA Event: Helen Kow­al presents the chang­ing leg­isla­tive…

Swaab Con­nect | April 2024

Time of Reck­on­ing for Non-Com­pete Claus­es | Employ­ment Law, Michael Byrnes appeared on ABC Queens­land Morn­ings with Susan Gra­ham-Ryan on 30 April 2024 to dis­cuss tat­toos in the work­place and dis­crim­i­na­tion law | Employ­ment Law, Con­grat­u­la­tions to Tony D’Agosti­no for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide | Awards, Michael Byrnes Final­ist…

Swaab Con­nect | May 2024

Reflec­tions on a Suc­cess­ful Annu­al Meet­ing, Char­lotte, North Car­oli­na USA | Mer­i­tas, Angela Har­vey appeared on​‘Talk Mon­ey To Me’ with Shaw and Part­ners, Can­dice Bourke and Felic­i­ty Thomas to dis­cuss estate plan­ning, asset pro­tec­tion and wealth trans­fer | Estate Plan­ning, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Where does work fin­ish and…

Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2024

Employ­ers and employ­ees alike should be aware of impor­tant changes in the work­place rela­tions are­na, effec­tive 1 July 2024. From that date:the high income thresh­old for unfair dis­missal claims will increase to $175,000 per annum (from the present $167,500 per annum) and the com­pen­sa­tion lim­it will be $87,500 (equiv­a­lent to 6 months of…

Ste­vie-Lee Nobbs

Exper­tiseCom­mer­cialProp­er­ty…

Reflec­tions on a Suc­cess­ful Mer­i­tas Annu­al Meet­ing – Char­lotte, North Carolina

The meet­ing offered unpar­al­leled oppor­tu­ni­ties for rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the glob­al Mer­i­tas net­work of 172 firms across more than 89 coun­tries to recon­nect with friends and col­leagues and to devel­op new relationships.The meet­ing start­ed with the sec­ond annu­al in-per­son meet­ing of the Women’s Lead­er­ship Con­gress (WLC), host­ed by the Wom­en’s Lead­er­ship…

Press Release | Three New Appoint­ments for Swaab

Wel­comeDaniela Ter­ru­so — Senior Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Stra­ta & ConstructionSarah Abra­hams — Asso­ciate, Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & ProjectsMaris­sa Arag­o­na — Solic­i­tor, Fam­i­ly Law“These appoint­ments occur at a piv­otal time in our fir­m’s ongo­ing growth. Their com­bined exper­tise, expe­ri­ence, and capa­bil­i­ties will enhance our Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects and Fam­i­ly Law teams. This enables us…

Daniela Ter­ru­so

Exper­tiseCon­struc­tionStra­ta…