With a new Labor gov­ern­ment elect­ed, and the recent Jobs Sum­mit, employ­ment law reform is firm­ly on the agen­da. Will there be a new IR Bill? Do Gig work­ers need addi­tion­al pro­tec­tions? What does a more broad imple­men­ta­tion of the Respect@Work rec­om­men­da­tions mean for your work­place? Will parental leave change? Employ­ment law expert Michael Byrnes will dis­cuss these ques­tions and what else the new gov­ern­ment might have in store to shake up employ­ment rela­tions and cre­ate more jobs. Join us for a round­table lunch at Swaab’s offices mod­er­at­ed by Sales­force Senior Direc­tor of Glob­al Employ­ment Law, Lori Middlehurst.

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

Publications

No Appor­tion­ment for Sec­tion 37 DBP Act Claims even where the alleged con­cur­rent wrong­do­er is not a sub­con­trac­tor of the builder:

Kapi­la v Mon­u­ment Build­ing Group Pty Ltd [2025] NSWSC 1306 con­firms that builders and nom­i­nat­ed super­vi­sors can be held ful­ly liable…

Tem­po­rary Dis­con­for­mi­ty in Build­ing Defects: Myth, Not Law

The ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” argu­ment in con­struc­tion dis­putes sug­gests that defec­tive work iden­ti­fied before prac­ti­cal com­ple­tion is not a breach while the…

The impor­tance of a Request for Tender

Issu­ing a request for ten­der (RFT) is more than just secur­ing the best or low­est price. An RFT is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to man­age…

In the News

Sarah Heuv­el has been recog­nised at the 2026 Mer­i­tas Women’s Lead­er­ship Awards with the Return­er of the Year Award

Sarah’s achieve­ment reflects both her pro­fes­sion­al excel­lence and remark­able resilience. Return­ing to work at Swaab in Feb­ru­ary 2025 on a part‑time…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, What con­sti­tutes time theft?”, pub­lished in AHRI AM on 28 April 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“What con­sti­tutes time theft?”, pub­lished in AHRI AM on 28 April 2026To read the…

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal pro­ceed­ings com­menced by Kyle Sandi­lands and Jack­ie O’ Hen­der­son against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on McK­night Tonight with Robert McK­night to dis­cuss the Fed­er­al Court case man­age­ment hear­ing in the sep­a­rate legal…

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