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More businesses fold, unpaid super recovery measure to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... remit of the Department of Education and Workplace Relations (DEWR). The FEG provides financial assistance for unpaid employment entitlements to workers who lose their jobs from the insolvency of the employer. Once entitlements are paid under the FEG ...

Hostplus rejigs Maritime Super insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... definition from "unable" to "unlikely" to ever be employed or engaged in any gainful occupation, business, profession, or employment for which an individual is reasonably suited by education, training, or experience. Hostplus has also updated terms and ...

Chinese property market to stabilise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... Kushlis said. "Consequently, the construction industry will continue to downsize as a relative share of the economy and employment, resulting in reduced commodity and building materials demand from this sector," they said.

Financial services firms concerned about attracting staff

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... were the most worried, with 74% concerned about their ability to attract staff. "There is currently a duality in the employment market. On one side the labour market is slightly softening with more candidates available but on the other hand, unemployment ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... 100 hours over four weeks. It will also no longer capture study, volunteering or travel time and will only apply to employment. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, 2.65 million Australians are carers and are more likely to be women; 12.3% ...

Rest adds to C-suite with new appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... legal and human resources, concluding her tenure as head of people services and governance. Murrell began her career in employment law with Herbert Smith Freehills before moving into the financial services sector.

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... As we have said before, the RBA seeks better balance of risks between its dual directive of price stability and full employment."

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... After analysing tax data, economic research organisation E61 Institute compared men and women of similar age, their employment and marital status, whether they had children, and academic qualifications working in the same occupation. It found that women ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... up to 8000 businesses. He said this would be an enormous cost for businesses that should be focused on innovation, employment Australians and carefully framed actions that would actually support a low carbon economy. "In our joint submission with CPA ...

Commercial real estate optimism ticks up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... are choosing to upgrade, there is a renewed focus on densification and productive utilisation so in spite of strong employment growth, demand is not feeding through to an expanding footprint to the same degree." Knight Frank head of global portfolio ...