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Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... underemployment are also helpful" and as evidenced by its inverse correlation with wages, it's more helpful. The latest ABS 'Labour Force' report shows that the underemployment rate eased to 8.6% in the August quarter from 8.8% in the three-month period ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... manufacturing plant in Adelaide today. For as that door closes, another opens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) "Labour Force" report shows the door to employment is not only open but it's getting wider. The trend is our friend. This per the ...

ASFA puts gig economy on the agenda

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... system stands, the superannuation guarantee does not cover independent contractors or most of the broader group in the labour force that is self-employed. Gig economy workers who are engaged under a contract and have work arrangements resembling those ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... and pray some more. While the headline seasonally adjusted numbers of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report were undeniably positive - employment up by a better than expected 27,900 in July from June; the unemployment rate dipped ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... unaffected by changes in the quality or quantity of work performed. It is unaffected by changes in the composition of the labour force, hours worked, or changes in characteristics of employees (e.g. work performance). Information about the wage price ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... plans to the bringing forward of interest rate hike expectations. Depending on the figures, tomorrow's Australian Labour Force report could reinforce further gains in the Australian dollar or halt/reverse its climb versus the greenback.

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... of the number of persons unemployed and the number of persons in underemployment, expressed as a proportion of the labour force" -- rose to 14.6% in February from 14.1% in November 2016. The trend estimate increased to 14.4% in February from 14.3% three ...

Super doesn't need tender system: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... of issues not relevant in the Australian context. Under Chile's biennial tender process, all workers who enter the labour force for the first time become members of a pension fund operator that wins the biennial tender for those workers. The operator ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... mid-2009 to 0.8% by 2013 and 0.6% based on the December 2016 quarter estimates. The recently-released Australian 'Labour Force' report - that showed continuing losses in full-time employment (in year-on-year, seasonally adjusted terms) -- helps explain ...

Boring but the trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... next, or vice-versa. The seasonally-adjusted estimates for January of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Labour Force' report once again sparked divergent views on the true state of the domestic labour market. The headline numbers were certainly ...