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Apr 14, 2020

COVID-19 Pod­cast | A Short Guide to the Job­Keep­er Pay­ment and Job­Keep­er Flexibility

COVID-19: A Short Guide to the Job­Keep­er Pay­ment and Job­Keep­er Flex­i­bil­i­ty pod­cast - 14 April 2020…

Mar 27, 2020

Pod­cast | Dis­cus­sions on work­place law issues aris­ing from the Coro­n­avirus on 2GB | 26 March 2020

Part­ner Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place law issues aris­ing from the Coro­n­avirus cri­sis with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 26 March 2020 (from 1.43.50).Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 26 March 2020…

Mar 27, 2020

Lawyers Week­ly | Indef­i­nite remote work­ing to have last­ing impact on firms’ WHS poli­cies | 26 March 2020

Part­ner Michael Byrnes fea­tured in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 March 2020 to dis­cuss how indef­i­nite remote work­ing arrange­ments will have last­ing impact on firms’ WHS policies. Indef­i­nite remote work­ing to have last­ing impacts on firms’ WHS poli­cies — Lawyers Week­ly — 26 March 2020, fea­tur­ing Part­ner Michael Byrnes…

Mar 25, 2020

UPDATE #2 COVID-19 | Swaab Busi­ness Con­ti­nu­ity | 25 March 2020

As the cri­sis con­tin­ues to unfold in Aus­tralia, we have made the deci­sion that from Thurs­day 26 March 2020 our entire work­force (includ­ing part­ners) will work remotely.  We are very for­tu­nate, that as far as we are aware none of our peo­ple have con­tract­ed Covid-19. We are com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing an excel­lent…

Mar 17, 2020

UPDATE COVID-19 | Swaab Busi­ness Con­ti­nu­ity | 17 March 2020

Over the past few weeks, with the esca­la­tion of the COVID-19 out­break, we at Swaab have tak­en pre­cau­tions to ensure the safe­ty, health and well­be­ing of our peo­ple, clients and visitors. As the cri­sis con­tin­ues to increase in Aus­tralia, we have made the deci­sion that from Mon­day 23 March 2020 we…

Mar 16, 2020

World’s Great­est Shave 2020

On Fri­day night we assem­bled our hero hair­dressers at the Swaab Salon to ban­ish the 9 – 5 hair­do to colour, style and shave hair for the Leukaemia Foun­da­tion’s World’s Great­est Shave Event 2020! A mas­sive thank you to all the super­heros who took the plunge and got involved on the…

Mar 12, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured on Mon­ey News ‑11^th March 2020 — The coro­n­avirus and man­ag­ing employ­ee leave entitlements

Lis­ten to Michael Byrnes on Mon­ey News with Brooke Corte — 11 March 2020…

Mar 5, 2020

Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day 2020 #Each­forE­qual — Mary Digiglio

How has Swaab been so suc­cess­ful in achiev­ing gen­der diver­si­ty in a pro­fes­sion that has strug­gled for so long? The suc­cess of Swaab has been built on our cul­ture. Our firm has a his­to­ry of gen­der diver­si­ty, hav­ing being led by females. The female lead­ers have influ­enced our fir­m’s long his­to­ry of pro­mot­ing…

Mar 2, 2020

Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 28 Feb­ru­ary 2020 — Full Bench Fair Work Com­mis­sion appeal decision

Michael Byrnes with John Stan­ley — 28 Feb­ru­ary 2020…

Feb 13, 2020

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in HRM online — 12 Feb­ru­ary 2020 — Pro­ba­tion and the min­i­mum employ­ment peri­od – what’s the difference?

It’s a sim­ple dis­tinc­tion, but the lan­guage around ​‘pro­ba­tion’ still cre­ates con­fu­sion for non-experts. HRM tries to clear it up.Click here to take you to the article.…