News

Jun 7, 2021

Michael Byrnes — Employ­ment part­ner, dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion on the ABC Radio Nation­al pro­gram, ​“This Work­ing Life”, on 7 June 2021 (from 15:55):

Michael Byrnes — Employ­ment part­ner, dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place vac­ci­na­tion on the ABC Radio Nation­al pro­gram, ​“This Work­ing Life”, on 7 June 2021 (from 15:55): Click lis­ten to the pod­cast click here.…

Jun 3, 2021

Michael Byrnes — Employ­ment part­ner, is quot­ed in the HRM Online arti­cle,​“Is gar­den­ing leave the best way to pro­tect a company’s inter­ests?”, pub­lished on 2 June 2021:

Michael Byrnes — Employ­ment part­ner, is quot­ed in the HRM Online arti­cle,​“Is gar­den­ing leave the best way to pro­tect a company’s inter­ests?”, pub­lished on 2 June 2021: Read the full arti­cle here…

Jun 2, 2021

Michael Byrnes — Employ­ment part­ner, dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion with Brooke Corte on the Mon­ey News pro­gram on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC on 1 June 2021 (from 24:13):

Michael Byrnes — Employ­ment part­ner, dis­cussed manda­to­ry work­place Covid-19 vac­ci­na­tion with Brooke Corte on the Mon­ey News pro­gram on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC on 1 June 2021 (from 24:13):Click here the lis­ten to the podcast.…

May 19, 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the Deliv­eroo unfair dis­missal case with Scott Hay­wood on the Mon­ey News pro­gram on 2GB on 18 May 2021 (from 6:00):

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the Deliv­eroo unfair dis­missal case with Scott Hay­wood on the Mon­ey News pro­gram on 2GB on 18 May 2021 (from 6:00):Click here to lis­ten to the podcast.…

Apr 12, 2021

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the legal issues relat­ed to employ­ees appear­ing on real­i­ty TV shows with John Stan­ley on 2GB on 11 April 2021 (from 42:00): 

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the legal issues relat­ed to employ­ees appear­ing on real­i­ty TV shows with John Stan­ley on 2GB on 11 April 2021 (from 42:00): Click here to lis­ten to the podcast.…

Apr 9, 2021

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in Lawyers Week­ly | Lawyers should think twice before appear­ing on real­i­ty TV

While it might seem like a good, fun and maybe even enrich­ing expe­ri­ence to go on the real­i­ty TV show jour­ney, legal employ­ees need to seri­ous­ly con­sid­er their pro­fes­sion­al stand­ing and employ­ment before agree­ing to be a con­tes­tant on such a show, writes Michael Byrnes.Refer the full arti­cle here…

Apr 9, 2021

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in The Aus­tralian arti­cle | Vic­to­ri­an quar­an­tine staff refuse vaccine

Michael Byrnes — Part­ner, Employ­ment & Work­place Health and Safe­ty is quot­ed in The Aus­tralian arti­cle, Vic­to­ri­an quar­an­tine staff refuse vaccine. Read full arti­cle here…

Feb 25, 2021

Grad­u­ates Pro­gram 2021 — An inter­view with James Skelton

A key fac­tor in main­tain­ing our dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion is embrac­ing inno­va­tion, diver­si­ty and the fresh per­spec­tives that come to our firm from employ­ing graduates. In the lead up to the Grad­u­ates Pro­gram for 2021 we will be inter­view­ing our past grad­u­ates and ask them to reflect on what their most inter­est­ing and…

Feb 15, 2021

Michael Byrnes quot­ed in The Aus­tralian | To vax or not: work­ers’ rights in the age of Covid

Michael Byrnes — Part­ner, Employ­ment & Work­place Health and Safe­ty is quot­ed in The Aus­tralian, To vax or not: work­ers’ rights in the age of Covid.Read the full arti­cle here…

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…