Newslet­ters

27 June 2024

Swaab Con­nect | Novem­ber 2023

‘Tis the Sea­son to Avoid Fol­ly: Work­place Christ­mas Par­ties (2023 Edi­tion) | Employ­ment Law, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Clos­ing Loop­holes Bill: new tranche of indus­tri­al rela­tions changes com­ing in 2024”, pub­lished in HRM Online | Indus­tri­al Rela­tions Law, Major update in fight over Melis­sa Caddick’s $12k sneak­ers |…

27 June 2024

Swaab Con­nect | Sep­tem­ber 2023

Tree dis­putes among neigh­bours – know your rights | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Clos­ing Loop­holes or Rad­i­cal Change? The Fair Work Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Clos­ing Loop­holes) Bill 2023 | Employ­ment Law, Helen Kow­al dis­cuss­es with Stra­ta Plus the impli­ca­tions of recent leg­isla­tive and reg­u­la­to­ry reforms in the con­struc­tion indus­try of NSW |…

27 June 2024

Swaab Con­nect | August 2023

Non-Dis­­­­­par­age­­­ment Claus­es v Free Speech | Employ­ment Law, Con­struc­tion indus­try update: When is reme­di­al build­ing work exempt devel­op­ment? | Con­struc­tion Law, Is your Com­ply­ing Devel­op­ment Cer­tifi­cate valid? | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2023 | Employ­ment Law…

27 June 2024

Swaab Con­nect | July 2023

Non-Dis­­­­­par­age­­­ment Claus­es v Free Speech | Employ­ment Law, Con­struc­tion indus­try update: When is reme­di­al build­ing work exempt devel­op­ment? | Con­struc­tion Law, Is your Com­ply­ing Devel­op­ment Cer­tifi­cate valid? | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Impor­tant Work­place Rela­tions Changes Effec­tive 1 July 2023 | Employ­ment Law…

27 June 2024

Swaab Con­nect | May 2023

Employ­ees & the Employ­er Posi­tion on the Voice in Par­lia­ment | Employ­ment Law, Reme­di­a­tion Orders – What are they? And what hap­pens if you get one? | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Land & Envi­ron­ment Court Declares Devel­op­ment Con­sent Invalid Over Fail­ure to Impose Rel­e­vant Con­di­tions | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Resolv­ing Prop­er­ty Co-Own­er­­ship Dis­putes…

27 June 2024

Swaab Con­nect | April 2023

Court of Appeal clar­i­fies whether devel­op­ment stan­dards are juris­dic­tion­al pre­req­ui­sites to the grant of devel­op­ment con­sent | Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Law, Clos­ing The Gen­der Pay Gap | Employ­ment Law, Changes To Shut­down Leave Rules For 78 Mod­ern Awards | Employ­ment Law, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle​“Details of government’s pro­posed​‘Same…

27 June 2024

Swaab Con­nect | March 2023

NSW Con­struc­tion Update | Con­struc­tion Law, Direc­tors’ Access to Com­pa­ny Books: Nav­i­gat­ing Statu­to­ry & Com­mon Law Require­ments in Aus­tralia | Cor­po­rate Law, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“The​‘wrong approach’ on work­er com­pen­sa­tion should be reject­ed”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 22 March 2023 | WH&S Law, Helen Kow­al appeared on​‘Fri­day…

17 Mar 2023

Swaab Con­nect | Feb­ru­ary 2023

Changes to the Fair Work Act: An Overview | Employ­ment Law, Shift­ing the dial on build­ing defects lia­bil­i­ty – a greater risk for com­pa­ny direc­tors and devel­op­ers under recent leg­isla­tive reform | Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion Law, Stra­ta Reme­di­al Update: Emer­gency Reme­di­al Build­ing Works | Stra­ta & Con­struc­tion Law, Legal boss­es should not slide…

19 Dec 2022

Swaab Con­nect | Decem­ber 2022

Paid Fam­i­ly and Domes­tic Vio­lence Leave – Amend­ments to the NES under the Fair Work Act | Employ­ment Law, Are Prenups the height of romance? Rethink­ing Bind­ing Finan­cial Agree­ments | Fam­i­ly Law, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​‘Legal impli­ca­tions of being assault­ed at work’, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on…

19 Dec 2022

Swaab Con­nect | Sep­tem­ber 2022

Employ­ees​‘Sol­dier­ing On’ With COVID-19: What Can Employ­ers Do? | Employ­ment Law, ABRS’ Loom­ing Direc­tor ID Dead­line – Apply before 30 Novem­ber 2022 | Cor­po­ra­tions Law, Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle,​“Legal impli­ca­tions from​‘very dis­turb­ing’ Hawthorn FC alle­ga­tions”, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 23 Sep­tem­ber 2022 | Employ­ment Law, Swaab’s…