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

More AI Slop in the Fair Work Juris­dic­tion: The Fight Back

In two recent cas­es both the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) and Fed­er­al Cir­cuit and Fam­i­ly Court of Aus­tralia (FCF­CoA) have…

NSW Build­ing (Approvals and Prac­ti­tion­ers) Bill 2026 Pass­es Parliament

The Build­ing (Approvals and Prac­ti­tion­ers) Bill 2026 (the Bill) passed through Par­lia­ment on Tues­day after­noon 4 August 2026. The Bill is…

AI Slop v Fair Work Com­mis­sion: The Scourge Continues

For all the talk of how extra­or­di­nary and trans­for­ma­tive arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) can sup­pos­ed­ly be, it con­tin­ues to be a scourge…

In the News

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with Scott Hay­wood on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 17 August 2026 to dis­cuss the use of AI by lit­i­gants in mat­ters before the Fair Work Com­mis­sion and oth­er tri­bunals and courts (from 29:15 to 36:45)

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the use of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI), includ­ing gen­er­a­tive AI tools such as Chat­G­PT, by lit­i­gants in pro­ceed­ings…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Dads aren’t tak­ing leave – is it soci­ety, or some­thing else?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 14 August 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Dads aren’t tak­ing leave – is it soci­ety, or some­thing else?”, pub­lished in…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Is the News Bar­gain­ing Incen­tive and Office of AI the media’s last hope?”, pub­lished in HR Leader on 31 July 2026

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Is the News Bar­gain­ing Incen­tive and Office of AI the media’s last hope?”…

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