News

May 11, 2020

COVID-19 | 3 rea­sons for the increase in unfair dis­missal claims

The FWC has seen a huge increase in unfair dis­missal claims. HRM asks Michael Brynes why this might be and what HR should be doing.View arti­cle here.…

May 7, 2020

COVID-19 Pod­cast | Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Job­Keep­er Scheme with John Stan­ley 2GB

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Job­Keep­er Scheme (and the legal aspects of rug­by league coach Wayne Ben­net­t’s hair­style edict!) with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 6 May 2020 (from 1:31.50).Click here to lis­ten to the podcast.…

May 4, 2020

COVID-19 Pod­cast | Work­place law issues aris­ing from the COVID­Safe App

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed work­place law issues aris­ing from the COVID­Safe app with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 30 April 2020 (from 1.44:15). Lis­ten to the pod­cast here.…

Apr 30, 2020

COVID-19 | Employ­ers and the COVID­Safe App

By Michael Byrnes, Part­ner and Emi­ly Capen­er, Solicitor The COVID­Safe app recent­ly released by the Depart­ment of Health is one mea­sure cur­rent­ly being under­tak­en by the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment to facil­i­tate the process of con­tact­ing peo­ple who may have been exposed to coronavirus.  The mes­sage from author­i­ties is that the more Aus­tralians…

Apr 22, 2020

COVID-19 Pod­cast | Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Job­Keep­er scheme on 2GB

Part­ner Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the Job­Keep­er scheme with Brooke Corte and Scott Hay­wood on Mon­ey News on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC on 21 April 2020 (from 33.50). Link below.Michael Byrnes on 2GB — Tues­day 21 April 2020…

Apr 14, 2020

COVID-19 Pod­cast | A Short Guide to the Job­Keep­er Pay­ment and Job­Keep­er Flexibility

COVID-19: A Short Guide to the Job­Keep­er Pay­ment and Job­Keep­er Flex­i­bil­i­ty pod­cast - 14 April 2020…

Mar 27, 2020

Pod­cast | Dis­cus­sions on work­place law issues aris­ing from the Coro­n­avirus on 2GB | 26 March 2020

Part­ner Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es work­place law issues aris­ing from the Coro­n­avirus cri­sis with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 26 March 2020 (from 1.43.50).Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 26 March 2020…

Mar 27, 2020

Lawyers Week­ly | Indef­i­nite remote work­ing to have last­ing impact on firms’ WHS poli­cies | 26 March 2020

Part­ner Michael Byrnes fea­tured in Lawyers Week­ly on 26 March 2020 to dis­cuss how indef­i­nite remote work­ing arrange­ments will have last­ing impact on firms’ WHS policies. Indef­i­nite remote work­ing to have last­ing impacts on firms’ WHS poli­cies — Lawyers Week­ly — 26 March 2020, fea­tur­ing Part­ner Michael Byrnes…

Mar 12, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured on Mon­ey News ‑11^th March 2020 — The coro­n­avirus and man­ag­ing employ­ee leave entitlements

Lis­ten to Michael Byrnes on Mon­ey News with Brooke Corte — 11 March 2020…

Mar 2, 2020

Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 28 Feb­ru­ary 2020 — Full Bench Fair Work Com­mis­sion appeal decision

Michael Byrnes with John Stan­ley — 28 Feb­ru­ary 2020…