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Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2020 #Each­forE­qual — Mary Digiglio

How has Swaab been so suc­cess­ful in achiev­ing gen­der diver­si­ty in a pro­fes­sion that has strug­gled for so long? The suc­cess of Swaab has been built on our cul­ture. Our firm has a his­to­ry of gen­der diver­si­ty, hav­ing being led by females. The female lead­ers have influ­enced our fir­m’s long his­to­ry of pro­mot­ing…

Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2020 #Each­forE­qual — Monique Loveday

What’s a dai­ly or week­ly rit­u­al you have that con­tributes to your ongo­ing success? Prac­tis­ing self-care. This has been key to me liv­ing a bal­anced life.  As a Fam­i­ly Lawyer, and moth­er of two young chil­dren, I have a very lim­it­ed (almost non-exis­tent) amount of ​‘me’ time so it is essen­tial I use what­ev­er free time I have for self-care. …

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…

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in Lawyers Week­ly — 11^th March 2020 — What the pro­fes­sion thinks about the new Fair Work rules

To under­stand the debate on the new require­ments for law firms to record over­time, Lawyers Week­ly asked lawyers across the spec­trum if they thought the pro­fes­sion will see a major shift in man­ag­ing their staff. Part­ner Michael Byrnes shares his thoughts. Click here to read the arti­cle — What the pro­fes­sion thinks…

World’s Great­est Shave 2020

On Fri­day night we assem­bled our hero hair­dressers at the Swaab Salon to ban­ish the 9 – 5 hair­do to colour, style and shave hair for the Leukaemia Foun­da­tion’s World’s Great­est Shave Event 2020! A mas­sive thank you to all the super­heros who took the plunge and got involved on the…

Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2020 #Each­forE­qual — Helen Kowal

What priv­i­leges or chal­lenges do you stereo­typ­i­cal­ly and gener­i­cal­ly face in your area of work? Hav­ing worked pri­mar­i­ly in the area of con­struc­tion and stra­ta law for the past decade, it has become abun­dant­ly clear that the con­struc­tion indus­try is stereo­typ­i­cal­ly ​‘male’. The major­i­ty of builders, devel­op­ers and expert build­ing con­sul­tants…

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…

Cor­po­rate Coun­sel: the Guardians of Innovation

Cor­po­rate coun­sel may not gen­er­al­ly see them­selves as the guardians of inno­va­tion in their busi­ness­es. Nonethe­less, cor­po­rate coun­sel are the cus­to­di­ans of intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty, which can be defined as the legal asset in innovation. We all see inno­va­tion as a crit­i­cal ingre­di­ent in a suc­cess­ful busi­ness. How­ev­er, inno­va­tion has no intrin­sic val­ue in…

Swaab Con­nect | March 2020

In this edi­tion Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capen­er cre­ate a short guide the recent changes the Annu­alised Salaries under Mod­ern Awards effec­tive from 1 March 2020 and how the changes will impose more oner­ous admin­is­tra­tive require­ments on employ­ers. Senior Asso­ciate Monique Love­day pro­vides some insight to the things you should be aware…

Con­tracts in the time of the Coro­n­avirus (COVID-19)

There has been unprece­dent­ed dis­rup­tions to busi­ness­es and the econ­o­my with the cur­rent coro­n­avirus (COVID-19) pan­dem­ic. With the restric­tions being placed on the move­ment of peo­ple and gath­er­ings, COVID could have very real impli­ca­tions for a range of indus­tries like con­struc­tion, which require a large work­force to be mobilised to work on…

Tips for Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tions, Stra­ta Com­mit­tees and Stra­ta Man­agers — COVID-19

In these unprece­dent­ed times, there is a lot of uncer­tain­ty for busi­ness­es and indi­vid­u­als. This uncer­tain­ty extends to the ongo­ing and sat­is­fac­to­ry func­tion­ing of an own­ers corporation.  Stra­ta Man­agers and Stra­ta Com­mit­tees should be aware of their ongo­ing oblig­a­tions to ensure that an own­ers cor­po­ra­tion con­tin­ues to func­tion sat­is­fac­to­ri­ly dur­ing the…

Insol­ven­cy Update | Statu­to­ry Demands, Bank­rupt­cy and Insol­vent Trad­ing | 26 March 2020

With COVID-19, the Coro­n­avirus Eco­nom­ic Response Pack­age Omnibus Bill 2020 (the Bill) has some sweep­ing changes to statu­to­ry demands, bank­rupt­cy and insol­vent trad­ing including: Statu­to­ry Demands: the min­i­mum debt for a statu­to­ry demand will be $20,000 (instead of $2,000)the time for com­pli­ance by a debtor com­pa­ny is now 6 months (instead of 21 days)This will apply…

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…

COVID-19 Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Emer­gency Mea­sures) Act 2020 (NSW) – RETAIL LEAS­ES ACT 1994 (NSW)

The COVID-19 Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Emer­gency Mea­sures) Bill 2020 (NSW) was passed by both Hous­es of the New South Wales Par­lia­ment on 24 March 2020, which received assent yes­ter­day (Emer­gency Mea­sures Act). Amongst oth­er things, the Emer­gency Mea­sures Act intro­duces a new Part 11 (Response to COVID-19 pan­dem­ic) into the Retail Lease…

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…