Portrait photograph of Mary Digiglio
Mary Digiglio
Managing Partner

A sur­vey from glob­al law alliance Mer­i­tas, asked 200 employess at Mer­i­tas mem­ber firms about their work life, expe­ri­ences with depres­sion and anxiety. 

Man­ag­ing Part­ner of Swaab and chair of the Mer­i­tas Aus­tralian and New Zealand region­al com­mit­tee Mary Digiglio com­ments on the cap­ti­vat­ing results.

To view the arti­cle click here or to view the sur­vey report click on the down­load below.

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

Work­place Rela­tion­ships: The Legal Posi­tion (Cold­play Con­cert Edition)

The recent sto­ry of col­leagues (a Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer and Chief Peo­ple Offi­cer (CPO)) whose appar­ent rela­tion­ship was cap­tured on…

Dis­missal for Dissent?

The recent unfair dis­missal deci­sion of the Fair Work Com­mis­sion, Shaun Turn­er v Dare­bin City Coun­cil [2025] FWC 1763, in which Deputy…

Con­struc­tion con­tract time­frames and their inter­ac­tion with the NSW Secu­ri­ty of Pay­ment legislation.

Mark Glynn, Con­struc­tion Part­ner at Swaab con­sid­ers the recent deci­sion of Shar­vain Facades Pty Ltd (Admin­is­tra­tors Appoint­ed) v Roberts Co (NSW)…

In the News

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Tim Web­ster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to dis­cuss work­place rela­tion­ships and that Cold­play concert

Michael Byrnes appeared on Break­fast with Tim Web­ster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to dis­cuss work­place rela­tion­ships and that…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cold­play con­tro­ver­sy expos­es HR vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty in lead­er­ship rela­tion­ships”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 23 July 2025

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cold­play con­tro­ver­sy expos­es HR vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty in lead­er­ship rela­tion­ships”, pub­lished in HR Leader on…

Michael Byrnes’ arti­cle ​“7 com­mon ques­tions about work­place rela­tion­ships”, was pub­lished on HRM Online on 22 July 2025

Michael Byrnes’ arti­cle ​“7 com­mon ques­tions about work­place rela­tion­ships”, was pub­lished on HRM Online on 22 July 2025To read the full…

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