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Michael Byrnes fea­tured in HRM Online | Manager/​subordinate romances: what HR needs to know | 16 Novem­ber 2020

Inter-work­place rela­tion­ships are a com­mon occur­rence, but how should HR react if a romance forms between a team leader and their junior? Read full arti­cle here.…

Swaab Con­nect | Octo­ber 2020

Part­ner Eric Ziehlke out­lines how intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty can be iden­ti­fied, pro­tect­ed and exploit­ed in a cyber world. Employ­ment law Part­ner, Michael Byrnes explains the impor­tance of hav­ing a cur­rent, applic­a­ble employ­ment con­tracts in effect, fol­low­ing on from the recent deci­sion by the NSW Supreme Court and also sum­maris­es the main points of…

Com­pul­so­ry Vac­ci­na­tions for Employ­ees: The Legal Position

In the midst of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, and the race to cre­ate a safe, effec­tive vac­cine for the virus, the issue of vac­ci­na­tion is firm­ly on the agen­da. For instance, the CEO of Qan­tas, Alan Joyce, has recent­ly caused con­tro­ver­sy by sug­gest­ing that pas­sen­gers on Qan­tas inter­na­tion­al flights might need to…

Macarthur Devel­op­ments wins 2020 Devel­op­ment Excel­lence Award | Mas­ter­planned Com­mu­ni­ty Devel­op­ment – Emer­ald Hills Estate

Urban Task­force Chief Exec­u­tive, Tom For­rest said the Devel­op­ment Excel­lence Awards have clear­ly demon­strat­ed the prop­er­ty devel­op­ment industry’s pas­sion and com­mit­ment for the sus­tain­able growth Australia’s cities. Man­ag­ing Part­ner — Mary Digiglio, said this was a well deserved win for our client, Macarthur Devel­op­ments and is a tes­ta­ment to every­one’s skill, deter­mi­na­tion and…

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry vac­ci­na­tions in the work­place and the recent trag­ic spate of food deliv­ery fatal­i­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC & 4BC | 24 Novem­ber 2020

Michael Byrnes dis­cussed manda­to­ry vac­ci­na­tions in the work­place and the recent trag­ic spate of food deliv­ery fatal­i­ties with John Stan­ley on 2GB, 2CC and 4BC on 24 Novem­ber 2020.Lis­ten to the pod­cast here.…

Our most pop­u­lar arti­cles pub­lished dur­ing 2020

We are almost at the end of 2020, and with the end of a year comes the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reflect on our most pop­u­lar arti­cles pub­lished dur­ing the year: 1. COVID-19 Ten­an­cy Update by Mary Digiglio & Tony D’Agosti­no | Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects | 24 Sep­tem­ber 2020 2. COVID-19 | Redun­dan­cy pay­ments dur­ing the…

Tips and traps for grant­i­ng life estates

Gen­er­al­ly speak­ing, a life estate gives full own­er­ship rights to the recip­i­ent, oth­er than the right for the recip­i­ent to pass the prop­er­ty to their heirs upon their recip­i­en­t’s death. A life estate may be grant­ed with cer­tain con­di­tions attached. Life estates are a com­mon mech­a­nism used as part of estate plan­ning in blend­ed…

5 things you should know about bind­ing death ben­e­fit nominations

It is impor­tant to con­sid­er your super­an­nu­a­tion enti­tle­ments as part of your estate plan espe­cial­ly when they do not form part of your estate. As super­an­nu­a­tion enti­tle­ments can result in sig­nif­i­cant dis­tri­b­u­tions to ben­e­fi­cia­ries, it is cru­cial to ensure that they are paid in accor­dance with your wishes. A non-bind­ing nom­i­na­tion…

Swaab Con­nect | Novem­ber 2020

With employ­er Christ­mas par­ties held against the back­drop of the glob­al Covid-19 pan­dem­ic, Michael Byrnes lists a few sen­si­ble steps that can help man­age the risk of ​‘Sil­ly Sea­son’ events. Michael also sheds some light on the legal posi­tion of com­pul­so­ry vac­ci­na­tions for employ­ees in the race to cre­ate a safe, effec­tive…

Michael Byrnes & Emi­ly Capen­er are quot­ed in Lawyers Week­ly | Can law firms man­date COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tions for employees?

In prepar­ing the office for returns to work en masse, one poten­tial option law firms may be think­ing about is the loom­ing vac­cine for COVID-19, which — accord­ing to Health Min­is­ter Greg Hunt — should be avail­able to Aus­tralians in approx­i­mate­ly four months’ time. Such a direc­tive from legal employ­ers, Swaab…

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Trade marks can make or break dis­tri­b­u­tion — by Eric Ziehlke Nov 2020

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Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es with HRM | Can work­places man­date COVID-19 vaccines?

Work­places are con­tem­plat­ing how to nav­i­gate a vac­cine and the pos­si­bil­i­ty of man­dat­ing it for employ­ees. Because of this, all eyes were on the Fair Work Com­mis­sion as it recent­ly con­sid­ered the case of an ear­ly child­hood teacher who was ter­mi­nat­ed for not get­ting the flu vaccine. Read full arti­cle here …

Michael Byrnes dis­cuss­es with HRM | What’s a ​‘com­plaint’? $1 mil­lion Fed­er­al Court appeal holds lessons for HR

A dete­ri­o­rat­ing rela­tion­ship between an HR leader and an exec­u­tive led to a rul­ing against their com­pa­ny. The appeal reveals how com­plex work­place law can be.Read full arti­cle here…

The Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment Announces Pro­posed Work­place Rela­tions Reforms

On 9 Decem­ber 2020, the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment intro­duced the Fair Work Amend­ment (Sup­port­ing Australia’s Jobs and Eco­nom­ic Recov­ery) Bill 2020 (the Bill) to Par­lia­ment which will seek to imple­ment reform to sev­er­al major ele­ments of Aus­trali­a’s indus­tri­al rela­tions laws. This arti­cle pro­vides a high-lev­el overview of some of the key points of…