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2024 Mer­i­tas ANZ Two-Week Lawyer Exchange

We are excit­ed to share that as part of the Mer­i­tas Law Firms World­wide ANZ two-week lawyer exchange, Abby-Rose Hill from DMAW Lawyers in Ade­laide has trav­elled north to join the team at Swaab while Car­lyn Lennan of Swaab has joined DMAW Lawyers for the same period. This is an amaz­ing ini­tia­tive…

The Right to Dis­con­nect: Con­tact from Cus­tomers and Clients

There has been much cov­er­age and dis­cus­sion about the new­ly intro­duced right to dis­con­nect, par­tic­u­lar­ly the right of employ­ees to refuse con­tact from employ­ers pro­vid­ed such refusal is not unreasonable.One of the more chal­leng­ing aspects of the right to dis­con­nect, which has been over­looked in much of the analy­sis and…

Con­grat­u­la­tions Nathan Davies for win­ning the 2024 Lawtech IT Leader of Year Small Firm

We are pleased to announce that Nathan Davies — Head of IT Swaab, has been recog­nised as the 2024 Lawtech IT Leader of Year Small Firm.The Annu­al Lawtech Sum­mit is the net­work­ing and edu­ca­tion­al forum for many of the Top & Mid-Tier Law firm’s CIO’s from across Aus­tralia & NZ. The Chilli IQ…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Prac­ti­cal steps that can help employ­ers with the Right to Dis­con­nect”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 12 Sep­tem­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Prac­ti­cal steps that can help employ­ers with the Right to Dis­con­nect”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 12 Sep­tem­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes wrote,” What most peo­ple don’t realise about right to dis­con­nect – and how it could affect your busi­ness”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 14 Sep­tem­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes wrote, ​“What most peo­ple don’t realise about right to dis­con­nect – and how it could affect your busi­ness”, was pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 14 Sep­tem­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes wrote, ​“How to com­mu­ni­cate with clients about the Right to Dis­con­nect”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 13 Sep­tem­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes wrote, ​“How to com­mu­ni­cate with clients about the Right to Dis­con­nect”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 13 Sep­tem­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

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Pro­tect­ing the Com­plainant v Prov­ing the Case: A Dif­fi­cult Balance

In recent years employ­ers have placed greater impor­tance on the pro­tec­tion of employ­ees who raise alle­ga­tions of mis­con­duct or wrong­do­ing. This has been reflect­ed in a range of ways includ­ing poli­cies and pro­to­cols for deal­ing with whistle­blow­er dis­clo­sures, pro­hi­bi­tions against vic­tim­i­sa­tion or adverse action, the adop­tion of a trau­ma-informed approach to work­place…

Anna Sharpe & James Skel­ton | ACC NSW In-per­son event: AI Act – EU Law’s Aus­tralian Reach & Aus­tralian Developments

Aus­tralian busi­ness­es hav­ing inter­na­tion­al cus­tomer or sup­pli­er deal­ings may have legal com­pli­ance oblig­a­tions under the Euro­pean Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence Act which came into force on 2 August 2024.This pre­sen­ta­tion Anna Sharpe and James Skel­ton will cov­er how and when that Act will impact on Aus­tralian busi­ness­es and the extent to which required com­pli­ance…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Two birds, one RTO: Are return-to-office man­dates ​‘dis­missals in dis­guise’?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 24 Sep­tem­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Two birds, one RTO: Are return-to-office man­dates ​‘dis­missals in dis­guise’?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 24 Sep­tem­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…

Lawyers Weekly’s | 4 chal­lenges for a law firm’s HR team

Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Swaab’s head of peo­ple and cul­ture Angela Sharpe about her work at the Syd­ney-based mid-sized firm, what moti­vates her about work­ing in the HR space, nav­i­gat­ing tal­ent short­ages and increased com­pe­ti­tion for top can­di­dates, the need to think more cre­ative­ly about iden­ti­fy­ing ide­al tal­ent, the…

Swaab Con­nect | July 2024

Press Release New Appoint­ment for Swaab | Using the Olympics in mar­ket­ing can be legal­ly risky | What to do when a loved one pass­es away | Employ­ees Biden Their Time: How Old is Too Old? | Statu­to­ry Duty of Care – Part 4 Design and Build­ing Prac­ti­tion­ers Act 2020, the risk…

Swaab Con­nect | August 2024

5 claus­es to look out for in your fran­chise agree­ment – they might be unfair | Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“5 ways employ­ers could acci­den­tal­ly under­pay their employ­ees”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 9 August 2024 | Michael Hayter is quot­ed in the Michael Pryde bank­rupt­cy hear­ing arti­cle in…

The Effec­tive End of Pro­ba­tion­ary Periods?

Back­groundEven though the recent Fed­er­al Court judg­ment of Jus­tice Nicholas in Dab­boussy v Aus­tralian Fed­er­a­tion of Islam­ic Coun­cils [2024] FCA 1074 was inter­locu­to­ry, it has nev­er­the­less attract­ed much inter­est. This inter­est is war­rant­ed. The employ­er in the case did what many employ­ers have done – ter­mi­nat­ed employ­ment just before the employ­ee…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Could the end of pro­ba­tion­ary peri­ods be near?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 8 Octo­ber 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Could the end of pro­ba­tion­ary peri­ods be near?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 8 Octo­ber 2024To read the full arti­cle click here…