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Aus­tralia Day Sub­sti­tu­tion: The Legal Issues (2024 Edition)

In recent years 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…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Last drinks as com­pa­nies dial back on alco­hol at the Christ­mas par­ties”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 8 Decem­ber 2023:

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Last drinks as com­pa­nies dial back on alco­hol at the Christ­mas par­ties”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 8 Decem­ber 2023. To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 22 Jan­u­ary 2024 to dis­cuss the legal issues asso­ci­at­ed with sub­sti­tu­tion of the Aus­tralia Day pub­lic hol­i­day (from 1:26:55 to 1:35:35)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 22 Jan­u­ary 2024 to dis­cuss the legal issues asso­ci­at­ed with sub­sti­tu­tion of the Aus­tralia Day pub­lic hol­i­day (from 1:26:55 to 1:35:35) To lis­ten to the full inter­view click here …

An arti­cle writ­ten by Michael Byrnes ​‘Legal con­sid­er­a­tions when let­ting employ­ees swap their pub­lic hol­i­days’, was pub­lished on HRM Online on 25 Jan­u­ary 2024

An arti­cle writ­ten by Michael Byrnes ​‘Legal con­sid­er­a­tions when let­ting employ­ees swap their pub­lic hol­i­days’, was pub­lished on HRM Online on 25 Jan­u­ary 2024. To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cau­tion­ary tale for employ­ers grap­pling with remote work”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 27 Jan­u­ary 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Cau­tion­ary tale for employ­ers grap­pling with remote work”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 27 Jan­u­ary 2024 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Should employ­ees be allowed to choose if they work on Aus­tralia Day?”, pub­lished on Human Resources Direc­tor (HRD) on 26 Jan­u­ary 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Should employ­ees be allowed to choose if they work on Aus­tralia Day?”, pub­lished on Human Resources Direc­tor (HRD) on 26 Jan­u­ary 2024 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Lat­touf v ABC: The Cur­rent State of Play

Back­ground Just like the Israel Folau case, the pro­ceed­ings com­menced by jour­nal­ist, host and author Antoinette Lat­touf against the Aus­tralian Broad­cast­ing Cor­po­ra­tion (ABC) have gar­nered sig­nif­i­cant media atten­tion and again shone the spot­light on the issues aris­ing from the use of social media by employees.  The appli­ca­tions and the respons­es filed…

Hap­py Lunar New Year, wish­ing you hap­pi­ness and prosperity

To all our clients, part­ners, and friends of Swaab, we would like to wish you and your fam­i­ly all the suc­cess and good for­tune, in this year of the Drag­on and hope you have a bright and joy­ous Lunar New Year. Let the new year bring new expe­ri­ences, new smiles, and…

Valen­tine’s Day in the Work­place (2024 Edition)

Valen­tine’s Day, the cel­e­bra­tion of romance and roman­tic love, takes place annu­al­ly on Feb­ru­ary 14. While many assid­u­ous­ly avoid what they con­sid­er to be a crass com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion of inti­mate rela­tion­ships, oth­ers embrace with rel­ish the oppor­tu­ni­ties it presents to either affirm or pur­sue romance, A few years ago exten­sive media cov­er­age (usu­al­ly with…

The Right to Dis­con­nect: What is it? What does it mean for workplaces?

One of the most talked about and debat­ed work­place reforms of recent times is the ​‘right to dis­con­nect’. This right was one of the work­place rela­tions reforms includ­ed in the Clos­ing Loop­holes Bill No. 2 (Bill), passed by the fed­er­al par­lia­ment last week. Laws con­fer­ring a right to dis­con­nect have been imple­ment­ed…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle ​“Right to Dis­con­nect Bill could cre­ate ​‘sig­nif­i­cant man­age­ment issue for law firms’” pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle ​“Right to Dis­con­nect Bill could cre­ate ​‘sig­nif­i­cant man­age­ment issue for law firms’” pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2024 To read the full arti­cle click here…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 12 Feb­ru­ary 2024 to dis­cuss the right to dis­con­nect (from 1:28:12 to 1:38:45)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Nights with John Stan­ley on 2GB and 4BC on 12 Feb­ru­ary 2024 to dis­cuss the right to dis­con­nect (from 1:28:12 to 1:38:45) To lis­ten to the inter­view click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“4 leg­is­la­tion changes HR needs to be across in 2024”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“4 leg­is­la­tion changes HR needs to be across in 2024”, pub­lished in HRM Online on 13 Feb­ru­ary 2024 To read the full arti­cle please click here…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘Career-end­ing’: Gen Z lawyers warned against right to dis­con­nect laws”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 19 Feb­ru­ary 2024

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, “‘Career-end­ing’: Gen Z lawyers warned against right to dis­con­nect laws”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 19 Feb­ru­ary 2024 To read the full arti­cle click here…

2023 Mer­i­tas Annu­al Report

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