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Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle ​‘Legal changes that could impact employ­ment law in 2023’, pub­lished in HRM Online on 8 Decem­ber 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle ​‘Legal changes that could impact employ­ment law in 2023’, pub­lished in HRM Online on 8 Decem­ber 2022 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘Legal impli­ca­tions of being assault­ed at work’, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 12 Decem­ber 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘Legal impli­ca­tions of being assault­ed at work’, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 12 Decem­ber 2022 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Dior admits to hold­ing $260k of Melis­sa Caddick’s stolen funds | Michael Hayter quot­ed in SMH 16 Decem­ber 2022

A spe­cial thank you to Bruce Glee­son, Daniel Soire and the team at Jones Part­ners for entrust­ing the team at Swaab, head­ed up by Michael Hayter, with all of the legal work in his chal­leng­ing admin­is­tra­tion of Melis­sa Cad­dick. There have been numer­ous suc­cess­ful con­test­ed and uncon­test­ed appli­ca­tions before the…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Sum­mer After­noons with Joe Hilde­brand on 2GB on 19 Decem­ber 2022 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of work­place rela­tion­ships (from 31:30 to 35:45)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Sum­mer After­noons with Joe Hilde­brand on 2GB on 19 Decem­ber 2022 to dis­cuss the legal aspects of work­place relationships  To lis­ten to the inter­view click here (from 31:30 to 35:45)…

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | Sep­tem­ber 2022

Swaab Part­ners, staff and fam­i­ly mem­bers enjoyed the fir­m’s annu­al #Fam­i­ly­Day. Con­grat­u­la­tions to Angela Har­vey for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide as a Rec­om­mend­ed Wills, Estate and Suc­ces­sion Lawyer 2022. Attend­ed the Bledis­loe Cup Char­i­ty Dinner…

Swaab Alum­ni Newslet­ter | Decem­ber 2022

We cel­e­brat­ed the Swaab End Of Year Black & White Ball 2022. Con­grat­u­la­tions to the Fam­i­ly Law team for being recog­nised in Doyles Guide 2023 | Fam­i­ly Law. We wel­comed the appoint­ment of Matthew Cole — Part­ner, Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment, We host­ed our Gotcha4Life Foun­da­tion Fundrais­er. 2022 Swaab Client End Of Year…

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…

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…

Press Release | New Senior Pro­mo­tions for Swaab

“It is tru­ly reward­ing to be able to recog­nise the fol­low­ing home grown tal­ent with well-deserved promotions: James Skel­ton appoint­ed to the posi­tion of Part­ner of Swaab. James start­ed at Swaab as a grad­u­ate in March 2015. Through his loy­al­ty, his com­mit­ment and hard work, James has become a trust­ed advi­sor to his…

New Employ­ment Zones to com­mence April 2023 | Plan­ning & Environment

The New South Wales Gov­ern­ment has amend­ed Local Envi­ron­men­tal Plans to replace Busi­ness and Indus­tri­al Zones with new ​‘Employ­ment Zones’.  The changes have been a long time in the mak­ing. Orig­i­nal­ly devel­oped under the for­mer Min­is­ter for Plan­ning back in May of 2021, the reforms fol­low the Pro­duc­tiv­i­ty Com­mis­sion’s 2021 White Paper…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘The impor­tance of skills devel­op­ment’, pub­lished in HR Leader on 23 Decem­ber 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘The impor­tance of skills devel­op­ment’, pub­lished in HR Leader on 23 Decem­ber 2022 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on 11am with Bill McDon­ald on 4BC on 12 Jan­u­ary 2023 to dis­cuss under­pay­ments to employ­ees and ​‘wage theft’

Michael Byrnes appeared on 11am with Bill McDon­ald on 4BC on 12 Jan­u­ary 2023 to dis­cuss under­pay­ments to employ­ees and ​‘wage theft’ To lis­ten to the full inter­view click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘Increased pay trans­paren­cy to com­bat gen­der pay gap’, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 16 Jan­u­ary 2023

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​‘Increased pay trans­paren­cy to com­bat gen­der pay gap’, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 16 Jan­u­ary 2023:  To read the full arti­cle click here…

Aus­tralia Day Sub­sti­tu­tion: The Legal Issues

It has been report­ed that some of the largest employ­ers in Aus­tralia, includ­ing Wool­worths, Tel­stra and Net­work 10, are now giv­ing employ­ees the option of work­ing on Aus­tralia Day (Jan­u­ary 26) and tak­ing that pub­lic hol­i­day at anoth­er time.  This devel­op­ment has arisen from both a gen­er­al trend towards flex­i­bil­i­ty in the…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 23 Jan­u­ary 2023 to dis­cuss the legal issues asso­ci­at­ed with sub­sti­tu­tion of the Aus­tralia Day pub­lic holiday

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 23 Jan­u­ary 2023 to dis­cuss the legal issues asso­ci­at­ed with sub­sti­tu­tion of the Aus­tralia Day pub­lic holiday To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…