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Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 3 Feb­ru­ary 2024 on 2SM to dis­cuss the employ­ment law issues aris­ing from employ­ees appear­ing on real­i­ty TV shows

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 3 Feb­ru­ary 2024 on 2SM to dis­cuss the employ­ment law issues aris­ing from employ­ees appear­ing on real­i­ty TV shows (from 23:50 to 29:20)To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“How to nav­i­gate mis­con­duct inves­ti­ga­tions involv­ing men­tal health chal­lenges”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 4 Feb­ru­ary 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“How to nav­i­gate mis­con­duct inves­ti­ga­tions involv­ing men­tal health chal­lenges”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 4 Feb­ru­ary 2025To read the full arti­cle click here…

Valen­tine’s Day in the Work­place (2025 Edition)

Valen­tine’s Day, the cel­e­bra­tion of romance and roman­tic love, takes place annu­al­ly on Feb­ru­ary 14.While many assid­u­ous­ly avoid what they con­sid­er to be a crass com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion of inti­mate rela­tion­ships, oth­er embrace with rel­ish the oppor­tu­ni­ties it presents to either affirm or pur­sue romance,A few years ago, exten­sive media cov­er­age (usu­al­ly with accom­pa­ny­ing com­men­tary…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 11 Feb­ru­ary 2025 to dis­cuss legal issues relat­ed to Valen­tine’s Day in the workplace

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 11 Feb­ru­ary 2025 to dis­cuss legal issues relat­ed to Valen­tine’s Day in the workplaceTo lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

2025 Meritas M&A Group Brochure

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Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2025 to dis­cuss legal issues relat­ed to Valen­tine’s Day in the workplace

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2025 to dis­cuss legal issues relat­ed to Valen­tine’s Day in the workplace.To lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

Dis­missal and Dam­ages for Psy­chi­atric Injury: A Con­trac­tu­al Trap

In the recent deci­sion of Elisha v Vision Aus­tralia Ltd [2024] HCA 50 the High Court of Aus­tralia held that dam­ages for psy­chi­atric injury were avail­able to an employ­ee in cir­cum­stances where the injury aris­es from the man­ner of the employ­ee’s dis­missal. In this case the employ­ee was award­ed close to $1.…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 19 Feb­ru­ary 2025 to dis­cuss the NSW rail dis­pute and the cur­rent appli­ca­tion before the FWC

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Ron Wil­son on 2SM on 19 Feb­ru­ary 2025 to dis­cuss the NSW rail dis­pute and the cur­rent appli­ca­tion before the FWCTo lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

Secret Record­ing by Employ­ees: An Own Goal

In the recent unfair dis­missal deci­sion Karen Altham-Wood­ing v PKD­KAd­ven­tures Pty Ltd [2024] FWC 2753, the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) affirmed its pre­vi­ous­ly stat­ed dis­ap­proval of employ­ees mak­ing secret record­ings of meet­ings with colleagues. In this case, once Deputy Pres­i­dent Saun­ders had deter­mined the ini­tial ques­tion of whether there had been a dis­missal of…

When is a loan real­ly an Option Fee? And when is an Option a Contract?

It cer­tain­ly is not news to those of us who deal in the prop­er­ty devel­op­ment space that Rev­enue NSW now impos­es trans­fer duty (or for those of us who have come from the old school – stamp duty) on the grant of an option to pur­chase. These laws also impose…

Lawyer 3 to 6 years PQE | Com­mer­cial, Cor­po­rate & IP

About the roleWe are look­ing for a bright, moti­vat­ed, client focused, expe­ri­enced lawyer with min­i­mum 3 – 6 years PQE to work direct­ly with two Part­ners in our Commercial/​Corporate/​IP team.In this role you will be involved in all areas of com­mer­cial, cor­po­rate and IP trans­ac­tion­al work, includ­ing acqui­si­tions and dis­pos­als, invest­ments, loan and secu­ri­ty…

2024 Mer­i­tas Annu­al Report

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FWC Sets Bar High for Pol­i­cy Changes

In the recent unfair dis­missal deci­sion of Craig Han­cock v Syd­ney Inter­na­tion­al Con­tain­er Ter­mi­nals Pty Lim­it­ed [2025] FWC 516, Deputy Pres­i­dent Wright of the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) set the bar high for employ­ers want­i­ng to rely upon poli­cies, or changes to poli­cies, to ter­mi­nate employ­ment, even when those poli­cies relate to…

Lawyer 2 years PQE | Construction

We have an oppor­tu­ni­ty for a junior lawyer to join our grow­ing Con­struc­tion and Stra­ta team. The role will be required to assist part­ners and senior lawyers in our Construction/​Strata team across all areas of con­struc­tion and stra­ta law with a focus on prepa­ra­tion of legal advice let­ters, research, build­ing con­tracts, prepa­ra­tion and col­la­tion…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 25 March 2025 to dis­cuss the pro­hi­bi­tion on non-com­pete claus­es announced in the 2025 Fed­er­al Budget

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 25 March 2025 to dis­cuss the pro­hi­bi­tion on non-com­pete claus­es announced in the 2025 Fed­er­al BudgetTo lis­ten to the inter­view click here…