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Rebels Who Dis­like the Cause: Can Employ­ees Be Direct­ed to Act Con­trary to Beliefs?

The recent con­tro­ver­sy over the Man­ly War­ringah Sea Eagles ​‘rain­bow’ rug­by league jer­sey rais­es an inter­est­ing employ­ment law ques­tion which extends beyond foot­ball: to what extent can an employ­er direct an employ­ee to pro­mote, or be involved in, a cause, mes­sage or cam­paign to which the employ­ee objects? The start­ing point is…

Grad­u­ate Inter­view Series | Steven Wang

Why did you choose Swaab? I chose Swaab because they offered an oppor­tu­ni­ty for a spe­cialised prop­er­ty grad­u­ate. I applied because I want­ed to work in prop­er­ty law and I believed that this role would give me an oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn and devel­op my skills as a prop­er­ty lawyer and become spe­cialised in prop­er­ty law in…

Grad­u­ate Inter­view Series | Olivia Hobill Cole

Why did you choose Swaab? I chose Swaab because it offered the unique oppor­tu­ni­ty of work­ing at a mid-tier firm, that was also a full ser­vice firm, that also had nation­al and inter­na­tion­al con­nec­tions. The fact that Swaab branched across so many of these aspects was very intrigu­ing to me. Because Swaab is not…

Swaab Con­nect | August 2021

Swaab fea­tured in Lawyers Week­ly | Swaab adds team from Gillis Delaney, NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try Shut Down Fur­ther Clar­i­fi­ca­tions, 5 com­mon legal issues for employ­ers in lock­down, Announce­ment | Swaab award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, a glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent law firms & Radio Inter­view | Manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion discussion…

Swaab Con­nect | Octo­ber 2021

Fam­i­ly Law | Covid-19 Vac­ci­na­tions for chil­dren – What hap­pens if you and the oth­er par­ent can­not agree? The Inter­na­tion­al Bar Asso­ci­a­tion (IBA) released its first glob­al sur­vey on Men­tal Well­be­ing in the Legal Pro­fes­sion, Restraints of trade: Lessons for Real Estate Agents, 2021 Mer­i­tas​‘Elite’ Law Firm Net­work & Michael Byrnes…

Swaab Con­nect | Novem­ber 2021

Michael Hayter quot­ed in The Syd­ney Morn­ing Her­ald | Fed­er­al Court Case of miss­ing fraud­ster Melis­sa Cad­dick, Con­grat­u­la­tions to our Fam­i­ly Law team | 2022 Lead­ing Lawyers Doyles Guide, Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion | Mon­ey News on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC & Michael Hayter appeared on the ABC News…

Swaab Con­nect | Jan­u­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes | The Omi­cron Work­place Safe­ty Dilem­ma, Kat­ri­na Seck | Leave Options For Self-Iso­lat­ing Employ­ees, Michael Byrnes | Dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion, Mon­ey News on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC, Michael Byrnes | Quot­ed in an AFR arti­cle,​& ​“Sack­ing over anti-vaxxer protest at CFMEU HQ justified”…

Swaab Con­nect | Feb­ru­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes | Impor­tant Unfair Dis­missal Lessons: The Lega­cy of Crack­ers the Galah, Kat­ri­na Seck | Roost­ers, Ducks and Trucks: High Court Reasserts Pri­ma­cy of the Con­tract, Michael Byrnes | Dis­cussed the High Court deci­sions in ZG Oper­a­tions & Anor v Jam­sek & Ors and CFM­MEU & Anor v Per­son­nel Con­tract­ing Pty Ltd with Brooke…

Swaab Con­nect | April 2022

Michael Hayter | Quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Par­ents of Melis­sa Cad­dick admit they were fleeced by fraud­ster daugh­ter” pub­lished in the SMH 12 April 2022, Nicole Pozovsky | Pause before you Post – How social media can impact your Fam­i­ly Law mat­ter, Nicole Pozovsky | Use of Audio and Video Record­ings…

Swaab Con­nect | May 2022

The evo­lu­tion of a legal team, intro­duc­ing Swaab’s team ser­vic­ing the prop­er­ty indus­try, 5.2% Increase to Nation­al Min­i­mum Wage, Paid Fam­i­ly and Domes­tic Vio­lence Leave To Be a Mod­ern Award Enti­tle­ment, Mary Digiglio is quot­ed in the arti­cle​“Entre­pre­neur­ial, inde­pen­dent, nim­ble: small­er firms can thrive” in The Aus­tralian & Press Release | New Senior…

Swaab Con­nect | June 2022

Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2022, Tour de Cure Snow Ball 2022 Black Tie Gala Event, Land­mark State­ment on the Rights of Gig Econ­o­my Work­ers, Swaab ranked amongst the high­est on part­ner­ship gen­der equal­i­ty & Swaab 2022 Lawyer Inter­view Series | Car­ly Lennan…

Swaab Con­nect | July 2022

Can Employ­ees Be Direct­ed to Act Con­trary to Beliefs? | Employ­ment Law, NSW Con­struc­tion Reform Reme­di­al Works Are Dif­fer­ent | Build­ing & Con­struc­tion Law, Com­pli­ance with Chil­dren’s Orders | Fam­i­ly Law, The Work­place Vac­cine Man­date Myth Buster Case | Employ­ment Law & 2023 Swaab Grad­u­ate Pro­gram | Now Open…

Julie Briscoe attend­ed REGROWTH con­fer­ence for Real Estate Busi­ness Own­ers, Lead­ers and Prop­er­ty Man­age­ment Professionals

Julie Briscoe attend­ed Kylie Wal­sh’s REGROWTH con­fer­ence for Real Estate Busi­ness Own­ers, Lead­ers and Prop­er­ty Man­age­ment Pro­fes­sion­als held in the Hunter Val­ley last week­end. A num­ber of Swaab’s real estate own­er clients and oth­er indus­try lead­ers spoke at the event, cov­er­ing a range of top­ics includ­ing recruit­ment, pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment, strate­gies, resilience and culture…

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | March 2022

We Wel­comed 3 x New Part­ners Ger­ald Carides, Nick Dale & Michael Hayter | Doyles Guide Awards & Aus­tralasian Lawyer Award | Careers | Lawyer Inter­view Series | Con­grat­u­la­tions team…

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | July 2022

Pub­li­ca­tions | News | Evo­lu­tion of a legal team, ser­ving the prop­er­ty indus­try | Awards | Careers | Mer­i­tas | 2022 Gold­en Gavel…