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Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2022

The glob­al theme for Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day in 2022 is ​‘Chang­ing Cli­mates: Equal­i­ty Today for a Sus­tain­able Tomor­row’. This year’s theme is all about recog­nis­ing and ampli­fy­ing the impor­tant role women and girls around the world play in address­ing cli­mate change. This year’s Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day (IWD) chal­lenges us to do exact­ly…

Swaab makes quar­ter finals of the Foot­ball Devel­op­ment Australia’s 2022 cor­po­rate foot­ball event.

A great day was had by all with the Swaab team mak­ing it all the way through to the quar­ter finals. Well done, Ger­ald Carides, Stephanie Turn­er, Renee Hinkel­bein, Jonathon Youssef, Olivia Hobill Cole and Steven Wang, for fly­ing the Swaab flag. Foot­ball Devel­op­ment Australia’s cor­po­rate foot­ball events bring staff…

Manda­to­ry Work­place Vac­ci­na­tion: Some Recent COVID-19 Vac­ci­na­tion Cases

Four recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion unfair dis­missal cas­es pro­vide insights into the legal posi­tion relat­ing to manda­to­ry COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tion in the work­place. In short, in each of the four cas­es the Com­mis­sion upheld the right of the employ­er to man­date COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tion and ter­mi­nate the employ­ment of employ­ees who either…

Swaab 2022 Lawyer Inter­view Series | Nicole Pozovsky

Why did you become a lawyer? I became a Fam­i­ly Lawyer (specif­i­cal­ly, as I knew very ear­ly on that this was the area I want­ed to spe­cialise in) because I feel real­ly strong­ly that it’s a priv­i­lege to help peo­ple nav­i­gate the most inti­mate, painful and stress­ful ​‘dis­pute’ of their lives. I believe that it’s so impor­tant…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Employ­ee sues com­pa­ny after being fired over a decade-old sex­u­al harass­ment case”. pub­lished in HRM Online on 15 March 2022

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Employ­ee sues com­pa­ny after being fired over a decade-old sex­u­al harass­ment case”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 15 March 2022 To read the full arti­cle click here…

NSW par­lia­ment pro­pos­es mak­ing COVID-19 long ser­vice leave flex­i­bil­i­ty permanent

On 15 Feb­ru­ary 2022 the NSW Gov­ern­ment intro­duced a Bill mak­ing per­ma­nent changes to the Long Ser­vice Leave Act 1955 (NSW) (LSL Act) to pro­vide employ­ers and work­ers with greater flex­i­bil­i­ty in access­ing long ser­vice leave.  The COVID-19 and Oth­er Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Reg­u­la­to­ry Reforms) Bill 2022 includes, amongst oth­er things, the abil­i­ty for…

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed casu­al employ­ment (includ­ing the new Vic­to­ri­an sick leave pro­pos­als) with Hen­ry Bretz on Morn­ings on ABC North Queens­land on 16 March 2022 (from 1:16:00)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed casu­al employ­ment (includ­ing the new Vic­to­ri­an sick leave pro­pos­als) with Hen­ry Bretz on Morn­ings on ABC North Queens­land on 16 March 2022 (from 1:16:00): To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Emma Flem­ing recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Rec­om­mend­ed Town Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment Lawyer NSW, 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions to the Emma Flem­ing recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Rec­om­mend­ed Town Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment Lawyer NSW, 2022 Rec­om­mend­ed Town Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment Lawyer NSW , 2022…

Antho­ny v Antho­ny: hus­bands at odds as frus­tra­tion grows in Cad­dick case | SMH 21/03/2022

Frus­tra­tion appears to be grow­ing for the court-appoint­ed receivers who are try­ing to sell Ms Caddick’s assets but are being pre­vent­ed from doing so by mem­bers of her fam­i­ly who are stak­ing claims on assets includ­ing real estate and jew­ellery. Michael Hayter — Part­ner, Swaab has point­ed out that many…

Employ­ment Law CLE | Online event 30 March 2022

Pre­sen­ters Michael Byrnes — Part­ner & Kat­ri­na Seck — Senior Asso­ciate are delight­ed to invite you to join them for an Online Employ­ment Law CLE. Top­ics dis­cussed will be: Work­place vac­ci­na­tion & the return to the officeDevel­op­ments in man­ag­ing work­place sex­u­al harassment Please click the link below to join us via Microsoft Teams : Join the meet­ing…

Swaab’s Newest Part­ner Wel­come Event | Thurs­day 24 March 2022

Despite the rain in Syd­ney on Thurs­day we had a full house to cel­e­brate the appoint­ment of Michael Hayter, Ger­ald Carides and Nicholas Dale. With well over 85 friends and clients of the firm from the Com­mer­cial Finance, Insol­ven­cy and Restruc­tur­ing indus­try sec­tors, com­ing togeth­er to cel­e­brate and wel­come Swaab’s newest partners. …

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Work­er sacked over the death of employ­er’s ​‘beloved’ pet bird” pub­lished in Human Resources Direc­tor on 23 Feb­ru­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle ​“Work­er sacked over the death of employ­er’s ​‘beloved’ pet bird” pub­lished in Human Resources Direc­tor on 23 Feb­ru­ary 2022: To read the full arti­cle click here…

Mary Digiglio, Emma Flem­ing & Tony D’Agosti­no host­ed an inti­mate wine tast­ing event for friends and clients of Swaab’s’ Prop­er­ty, Projects and Plan­ning team

Mary Digiglio, Emma Flem­ing and Tony D’Agosti­no host­ed an inti­mate wine tast­ing event for friends and clients of Swaab’s’ Prop­er­ty, Projects and Plan­ning team. A spe­cial thank you to Kei­th Hentschke of Hent­ley Farm Wines of Barossa Val­ley Wines for a won­der­ful evening…

Employ­ment Law CLE | 30 March 2022 | Video Included

This morn­ing Michael Byrnes — Part­ner & Kat­ri­na Seck — Senior Asso­ciate pre­sent­ed an Employ­ment Law CLE, on the top­ics of:  Work­place vac­ci­na­tion & the return to the officeDevel­op­ments in man­ag­ing work­place sex­u­al harassmentIf you would like of copy of the slides please contact:  Ann-Maree Edmunds | ase@​swaab.​com.​au…

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Mary Digiglio for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2022

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Mary Digiglio recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Rec­om­mend­ed Real Estate Lawyer — NSW, 2022 and Rec­om­mend­ed Leas­ing Lawyer — NSW, 2022 https://​doyles​guide​.com/​l​eadin… https://​doyles​guide​.com/​l​eadin……