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Jan 18, 2021

Press Release | Three New Senior Appoint­ments for Swaab

Tri­na Fran­cis – Part­ner, Fam­i­ly Law, spe­cial­is­ing in fam­i­ly law, lawyer-assist­ed medi­a­tion and lit­i­ga­tion will be join­ing our award win­ning accred­it­ed spe­cial­ist Fam­i­ly Law team. With over 20 years’ expe­ri­ence Tri­na has worked exclu­sive­ly in the area of Fam­i­ly Law, ini­tial­ly as an advo­cate for clients of a com­mu­ni­ty legal cen­tre before…

Jan 13, 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place vac­ci­na­tion with Brooke Corte on 2GB | 12 Jan­u­ary 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the legal issues relat­ed to manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion with Brooke Corte on Mon­ey News on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 12 Jan­u­ary 2021 (from 24:45).Click here to lis­ten to the podcast.…

Jan 11, 2021

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in The Aus­tralian | Year of liv­ing cau­tious­ly: return to work nor­mal­cy won’t hap­pen soon

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in The Aus­tralian on 11 Jan­u­ary in the recent arti­cle ​‘Year of liv­ing cau­tious­ly: return to work nor­mal­cy won’t hap­pen soon’.Read the full arti­cle here.…

Dec 15, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place Christ­mas par­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC | 14 Decem­ber 2020 (from 1:49:50)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place Christ­mas par­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC | 14 Decem­ber 2020 (from 1:49:50)Lis­ten to the pod­cast here…

Dec 7, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es with HRM | What’s a ​‘com­plaint’? $1 mil­lion Fed­er­al Court appeal holds lessons for HR

A dete­ri­o­rat­ing rela­tion­ship between an HR leader and an exec­u­tive led to a rul­ing against their com­pa­ny. The appeal reveals how com­plex work­place law can be.Read full arti­cle here…

Dec 7, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es with HRM | Can work­places man­date COVID-19 vaccines?

Work­places are con­tem­plat­ing how to nav­i­gate a vac­cine and the pos­si­bil­i­ty of man­dat­ing it for employ­ees. Because of this, all eyes were on the Fair Work Com­mis­sion as it recent­ly con­sid­ered the case of an ear­ly child­hood teacher who was ter­mi­nat­ed for not get­ting the flu vaccine. Read full arti­cle here …

Dec 2, 2020

Michael Byrnes & Emi­ly Capen­er are quot­ed in Lawyers Week­ly | Can law firms man­date COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tions for employees?

In prepar­ing the office for returns to work en masse, one poten­tial option law firms may be think­ing about is the loom­ing vac­cine for COVID-19, which — accord­ing to Health Min­is­ter Greg Hunt — should be avail­able to Aus­tralians in approx­i­mate­ly four months’ time. Such a direc­tive from legal employ­ers, Swaab…

Nov 26, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry vac­ci­na­tions in the work­place and the recent trag­ic spate of food deliv­ery fatal­i­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC & 4BC | 24 Novem­ber 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry vac­ci­na­tions in the work­place and the recent trag­ic spate of food deliv­ery fatal­i­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 24 Novem­ber 2020.Lis­ten to the pod­cast here.…

Nov 17, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online | Manager/​subordinate romances: what HR needs to know | 16 Novem­ber 2020

Inter-work­place rela­tion­ships are a com­mon occur­rence, but how should HR react if a romance forms between a team leader and their junior? Read full arti­cle here.…

Nov 17, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in Lawyers Week­ly | Work­place rela­tion­ships are back on the agen­da | 16 Novem­ber 2020

In the new nor­mal, employ­ers must ensure their fun­da­men­tal WHS oblig­a­tions are in line with evolv­ing work­place envi­ron­ments and employ­ee inter­ac­tions. Employ­ment Part­ner, Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es ​‘Work­place rela­tion­ships are back on the agen­da’ with Jerome Doraisamy. Read the full arti­cle here…