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War­wick Ryan fea­tured in Smart­Com­pa­ny on dis­abil­i­ty dis­crim­i­na­tion case

A for­mer employ­ee at Cor­rec­tive Ser­vices NSW has been award­ed more than $170,000 in com­pen­sa­tion after it was found that she had been unlaw­ful­ly dis­crim­i­nat­ed against. Caryn Huntley’s was diag­nosed with Chrohn’s Dis­ease, which is con­sid­ered to be a dis­abil­i­ty under Aus­tralian law. The court ruled that Cor­rec­tive Ser­vices failed to make ​“rea­son­able…

War­wick Ryan fea­tured in Smart­Com­pa­ny on recent debate over ​‘Aus­tralia will end up ​“like Greece” comment’

Fol­low­ing the release of the Pro­duc­tiv­i­ty Com­mis­sion draft report on the work­place rela­tions frame­work, Don Argus, for­mer chair­man of BHP Bil­li­ton, told Fair­fax media that the Aus­tralian work­place rela­tions sys­tem needs to be improved or the coun­try will end up ​“like Greece”. The reform sug­gests a change in penal­ty rates, unfair dis­missal…

War­wick Ryan fea­tured in Smart­Com­pa­ny on recent $56,000 back-pay case 

Employ­ment law spe­cial­ist War­wick Ryan has been fea­tured in Smart­Com­pa­ny on a recent employ­ment case where an accom­mo­da­tion busi­ness was required to back-pay employ­ees after the busi­ness told for­mer staff they were not oblig­ed to make redun­dan­cy pay­ments because the busi­ness was in finan­cial trouble.  Four women employed in front-counter and house­keep­ing…

Swaab Attor­neys Earns Recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, a Glob­al Alliance of Inde­pen­dent Busi­ness Law Firms

Swaab Attor­neys today announced that it has been award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, a glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms. Swaab joined Mer­i­tas in 2009, and as a con­di­tion of its mem­ber­ship, is required to suc­cess­ful­ly com­plete recer­ti­fi­ca­tion every three years. Mer­i­tas is the only law firm alliance with an estab­lished and com­pre­hen­sive means…

War­wick Ryan fea­tured in Star­tUpS­mart on Uber’s Con­trac­tor vs Employ­ee ruling

The Cal­i­forn­ian employ­er watch­dog has deter­mined that Uber dri­vers should be clas­si­fied as employ­ees, not as inde­pen­dent con­trac­tors, and are there­fore enti­tled to reimbursements. Uber is appeal­ing the deci­sion as it refers to its dri­vers as ​“part­ner dri­vers”, mean­ing they are inde­pen­dent con­trac­tors that should pay their own expenses. Employ­ment law…

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