News

Nov 10, 2020

Hol­i­day Office Clo­sure 2020

If you need to speak with one of our lawyers, please call +61 2 9233 5544. We wish you a hap­py hol­i­days and a pros­per­ous new year!…

Nov 5, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online — 4 Novem­ber 2020

Would you like a class action with that? McDonald’s fran­chisees in hot water after alle­ga­tions employ­ees were denied the 10-minute paid breaks they’re enti­tled to. Read the full arti­cle here.…

Oct 14, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured on 2GB — 13 Octo­ber 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the some­times vexed issue of what con­sti­tutes a ​“work­place rela­tion­ship” with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 13 Octo­ber 2020 (from 1:26:10).Click here to lis­ten to the podcast.…

Sep 21, 2020

A spe­cial thank you to all our clients

Client feed­back and con­tin­u­ous improve­ment are impor­tant to us at Swaab and form a key com­po­nent of our Swaab Brand of Service.  The key find­ings included: we exceed­ed your expec­ta­tions when it comes to our performance you find us extreme­ly easy to work with, and  you are like­ly to rec­om­mend your key con­tact and…

Sep 15, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online — 14 Sep­tem­ber 2020

A recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case out­lines the dan­ger in assum­ing busi­ness issues caused by COVID-19 change employ­er oblig­a­tions. Read the com­plete arti­cle here.…

Sep 3, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the recent Fed­er­al Court deci­sion deal­ing with the right of employ­ees to take toi­let and drink breaks with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 2 Sep­tem­ber 2020.

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the recent Fed­er­al Court deci­sion deal­ing with the right of employ­ees to take toi­let and drink breaks with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 2 Sep­tem­ber 2020.Lis­ten to pod­cast click here.…

Aug 20, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online — 19 August 2020

In the sec­ond of a two-part guide to over­pay­ments, HRM cov­ers the basics of the law, and how to best engage an over­paid employ­ee. View arti­cle here…

Aug 19, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the com­plex­i­ty of mod­ern awards and the IR sys­tem with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the com­plex­i­ty of mod­ern awards and the IR sys­tem with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 18 August 2020 (from 1:25:40) To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Jul 31, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the WHS law issues relat­ing to food deliv­ery rid­ers and gig econ­o­my workers

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Work Health & Safe­ty (WHS) law issues relat­ing to food deliv­ery rid­ers and gig econ­o­my work­ers gen­er­al­ly with John Stan­ley and Paul B. Kidd on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 30 July 2020 (from 41:40) To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Jun 30, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Dyson Hey­don mat­ter and sex­u­al harass­ment with John Stan­ley on 2GB

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Dyson Hey­don mat­ter and sex­u­al harass­ment in the legal pro­fes­sion and work­places gen­er­al­ly with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 29 June 2020 (from 1:32:25). To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…