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Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion (and specif­i­cal­ly the out­come in the recent FWC Full Bench test case) with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 7 Decem­ber 2021 on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC (from 26:09)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion (and specif­i­cal­ly the out­come in the recent FWC Full Bench test case) with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 7 Decem­ber 2021 on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC (from 26:09) To lis­ten to the inter­view click here …

Wish­ing you hap­py hol­i­days and a pros­per­ous new year

Over the hol­i­day peri­od, our offices will be closed from 5pm Thurs­day 23rd Decem­ber 2021 and will reopen 8.30am Mon­day 10th Jan­u­ary 2022…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“7 legal cas­es for HR to keep an eye on in 2022”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 16 Decem­ber 2021

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“7 legal cas­es for HR to keep an eye on in 2022”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 16 Decem­ber 2021 To read the full arti­cle please click here…

Leave Options For Self-Iso­lat­ing Employees

The resur­gence of COVID-19 has not only ruined sum­mer hol­i­day plans and fam­i­ly get togeth­ers. It has also thrust thou­sands of peo­ple into self-iso­la­tion and left them unable to attend work, with knock on effects felt by short-staffed employ­ers and aggriev­ed customers. As an employ­er, it is very like­ly you will…

The Omi­cron Work­place Safe­ty Dilemma

The Omi­cron vari­ant has, in a mat­ter of weeks, trans­formed the COVID-19 sit­u­a­tion in the east­ern states of Aus­tralia. In New South Wales and Vic­to­ria cas­es rou­tine­ly exceed 20,000 per day, a fig­ure that seemed incon­ceiv­able last year. Even though the vari­ant is gen­er­al­ly regard­ed by experts to be milder than its…

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 Review on the 6th Jan­u­ary 2022. To read the full arti­cle please click here …

恭喜发财 — Hap­pi­ness and prosperity

To all our val­ued clients, friends and con­tacts, the Part­ners and staff at Swaab would like to wish each and every­one one of you health, wealth, and good for­tune dur­ing the year of the Tiger.…

I dis­cussed the High Court deci­sions in ZG Oper­a­tions & Anor v Jam­sek & Ors and CFM­MEU & Anor v Per­son­nel Con­tract­ing Pty Ltd (and, in par­tic­u­lar, their poten­tial rel­e­vance to the gig econ­o­my) with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 9 Feb­ru­ary 2022 on 2GB, 3AW

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the High Court deci­sions in ZG Oper­a­tions & Anor v Jam­sek & Ors and CFM­MEU & Anor v Per­son­nel Con­tract­ing Pty Ltd (and, in par­tic­u­lar, their poten­tial rel­e­vance to the gig econ­o­my) with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 9 Feb­ru­ary 2021 on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC (from 26:15): To lis­ten to the…

Roost­ers, Ducks and Trucks: High Court Reasserts Pri­ma­cy of the Contract

In two judg­ments hand­ed down on the same day, the High Court has con­firmed the impor­tance of the writ­ten con­tract, and the rights and duties it cre­ates, in deter­min­ing whether a rela­tion­ship is one of employ­ment or prin­ci­pal and inde­pen­dent contractor. These deci­sions fol­low from that of the High Court last year…

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, ” How can employ­ers man­age the annu­al leave cri­sis?” Pub­lished in InThe­Black on 1 Feb­ru­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ” How can employ­ers man­age the annu­al leave cri­sis?” Pub­lished in InThe­Black on 1 Feb­ru­ary 2022. To read the full arti­cle click here…

Impor­tant Unfair Dis­missal Lessons: The Lega­cy of Crack­ers the Galah

The recent unfair dis­missal deci­sions of the Fair Work Com­mis­sion in Blake O’Ke­effe v The Trustee For Dun­shea Fam­i­ly Trust [2022] FWC 74 and [2022] FWC 298 have attract­ed much media atten­tion due to the facts of the case, which relate to the unfor­tu­nate demise of a much loved fam­i­ly pet, Crack­ers…

Swaab 2022 Lawyer Inter­view Series | Tony D’Agostino

Wel­come to the first of our Swaab 2022 Lawyer Inter­view Series | Tony D’Agostino: Why did you become a lawyer? I liked the idea of prob­lem solv­ing, engage­ment with clients and being val­ued. I must admit that the notion that lawyers were high­ly regard­ed in soci­ety was also a moti­vat­ing fac­tor. Over the jour­ney, I have…

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the tra­gi-com­ic case of Crack­ers the galah and impor­tant unfair dis­missal lessons for busi­ness with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 22 Feb­ru­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the tra­gi-com­ic case of Crack­ers the galah and impor­tant unfair dis­missal lessons for busi­ness with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 22 Feb­ru­ary 2022 To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Con­grat­u­la­tions Kat­ri­na Seck for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Ris­ing Star — Employ­ment & WHS 2022

Kat­ri­na spe­cial­is­es in Employ­ment law, Work­place Rela­tions and Work Health and Safe­ty. Advis­ing on all stages of the employ­ment life-cycle, with expe­ri­ence in draft­ing employ­ment con­tracts and poli­cies, per­for­mance man­age­ment and the man­age­ment of dis­ci­pli­nary action, advice on the inter­pre­ta­tion of indus­tri­al instru­ments such as mod­ern awards and enter­prise agree­ments…

Con­grat­u­la­tions James Skel­ton | Aus­tralasian Lawyer 2022 Ris­ing Star

Con­grat­u­la­tions James Skel­ton on being recog­nised by Aus­tralasian Lawyer as a 2022 Ris­ing Star.  Aus­tralasian Lawyer received nation­wide nom­i­na­tions for the 2022 Ris­ing Stars list in Octo­ber 2021. Nom­i­nees were required to be 35 or under as of 31 Jan­u­ary and com­mit­ted to a career in the legal pro­fes­sion. Each nom­i­nee was asked…