News

Oct 14, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured on 2GB — 13 Octo­ber 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the some­times vexed issue of what con­sti­tutes a ​“work­place rela­tion­ship” with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 13 Octo­ber 2020 (from 1:26:10).Click here to lis­ten to the podcast.…

Sep 15, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online — 14 Sep­tem­ber 2020

A recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case out­lines the dan­ger in assum­ing busi­ness issues caused by COVID-19 change employ­er oblig­a­tions. Read the com­plete arti­cle here.…

Sep 3, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the recent Fed­er­al Court deci­sion deal­ing with the right of employ­ees to take toi­let and drink breaks with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 2 Sep­tem­ber 2020.

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed the recent Fed­er­al Court deci­sion deal­ing with the right of employ­ees to take toi­let and drink breaks with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 2 Sep­tem­ber 2020.Lis­ten to pod­cast click here.…

Aug 20, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online — 19 August 2020

In the sec­ond of a two-part guide to over­pay­ments, HRM cov­ers the basics of the law, and how to best engage an over­paid employ­ee. View arti­cle here…

Aug 19, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the com­plex­i­ty of mod­ern awards and the IR sys­tem with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the com­plex­i­ty of mod­ern awards and the IR sys­tem with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 18 August 2020 (from 1:25:40) To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Jul 31, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the WHS law issues relat­ing to food deliv­ery rid­ers and gig econ­o­my workers

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Work Health & Safe­ty (WHS) law issues relat­ing to food deliv­ery rid­ers and gig econ­o­my work­ers gen­er­al­ly with John Stan­ley and Paul B. Kidd on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 30 July 2020 (from 41:40) To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Jun 30, 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Dyson Hey­don mat­ter and sex­u­al harass­ment with John Stan­ley on 2GB

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es the Dyson Hey­don mat­ter and sex­u­al harass­ment in the legal pro­fes­sion and work­places gen­er­al­ly with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 29 June 2020 (from 1:32:25). To lis­ten to the pod­cast click here…

Jun 12, 2020

Updates to NSW WHS Laws: A Brief Overview by Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capener

WHS Laws: A Brief Overview On 4 June 2020, NSW Par­lia­ment passed the Work Health and Safe­ty Amend­ment (Review) Bill 2020 (the Amend­ment Bill) which intro­duced var­i­ous changes to WHS laws under the NSW Work Health and Safe­ty Act 2001 (the Act). These changes, the most sig­nif­i­cant of which are briefly out­lined…

Jun 4, 2020

Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capen­er are fea­tured in an inter­view with Lawyers Week­ly — 4 June 2020

Michael Byrnes and Emi­ly Capen­er dis­cuss how to respond to employ­ees on Job­Keep­er who refuse to return to work. Read full inter­view here.…

May 22, 2020

Michael Byrnes fea­tured in The Dri­ve Pro­gram on Radio Nation­al — 21 May 2020

Michael Byrnes talks with Patri­cia Karve­las on the Dri­ve Pro­gram about the Work­plac v Rossato case deal­ing with casu­al employ­ees. Lis­ten to the inter­view here…