All articles relating to ‘Employment’
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…
UPDATE #2 COVID-19 | Swaab Business Continuity | 25 March 2020
As the crisis continues to unfold in Australia, we have made the decision that from Thursday 26 March 2020 our entire workforce (including partners) will work remotely. We are very fortunate, that as far as we are aware none of our people have contracted Covid-19. We are committed to providing an excellent…
UPDATE COVID-19 | Swaab Business Continuity | 17 March 2020
Over the past few weeks, with the escalation of the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Swaab have taken precautions to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of our people, clients and visitors. As the crisis continues to increase in Australia, we have made the decision that from Monday 23 March 2020 we…
World’s Greatest Shave 2020
On Friday night we assembled our hero hairdressers at the Swaab Salon to banish the 9 – 5 hairdo to colour, style and shave hair for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave Event 2020! A massive thank you to all the superheros who took the plunge and got involved on the…
Michael Byrnes featured on Money News ‑11th March 2020 — The coronavirus and managing employee leave entitlements
Listen to Michael Byrnes on Money News with Brooke Corte — 11 March 2020…
International Women’s Day 2020 #EachforEqual — Mary Digiglio
How has Swaab been so successful in achieving gender diversity in a profession that has struggled for so long? The success of Swaab has been built on our culture. Our firm has a history of gender diversity, having being led by females. The female leaders have influenced our firm’s long history of promoting…
Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 28 February 2020 — Full Bench Fair Work Commission appeal decision
Michael Byrnes with John Stanley — 28 February 2020…
Michael Byrnes quoted in HRM online — 12 February 2020 — Probation and the minimum employment period – what’s the difference?
It’s a simple distinction, but the language around ‘probation’ still creates confusion for non-experts. HRM tries to clear it up.Click here to take you to the article.…
Michael Byrnes on 2GB — 6 February 2020 — Coronavirus: Do Qantas workers have the right to refuse to clean planes from China?
A Qantas employee has reportedly been stood down for telling cleaners they didn’t have to clean planes that had come from China where the coronavirus originated. Partner Michael Byrnes explains both sides of the argument with Ben Fordham on 2GB.Listen to the podcast here…
Michael Byrnes is quoted in the Lawyers Weekly article: Religious employees in law firms ‘should be circumspect’ about new bill
Employment partner Michael Byrnes is quoted in the Lawyers Weekly article: Religious employees in law firms ‘should be circumspect’ about new bill. Read the full article here.…