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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... has moved to double the period that it guarantees the redundancy payments of workers of failed companies to 16 weeks. Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews noted that this would align the general employee entitlements and redundancy ...

Macq centralises property management

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... improve service to tenants which would ultimately result in better long-term outcomes for investors. "Through direct employment of in-house property management and retail leasing executives MREMS is seeking to forge even closer mutually beneficial relationships ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... cent or about 30,000 of the working age people of the Solomon Islands could be employed in Australia. On the issue of employment, Adelaide University Professor of Geography Graeme Hugo says that it is difficult to estimate the number of Australian professionals ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
... Continued good jobs growth of 150,000 over the last quarter, the second most healthy increase on record, caused overall employment to fall to 4.8 per cent, the lowest level since 1976. Employment rose by 50,700 in July - 27,100 were full-time jobs and ...

Staff churn afflicts underperforming small cap sector

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
... the past six months and the median manager failing to meet their benchmark. S&P analyst, Ben Sheehan, said the strong employment market and the flood of new start-ups is to blame for the high staff churn in the sector. "While staff turnover is inevitable ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... Today the Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity for May will be released and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations publishes its July skilled job vacancies data. In equities, mining giant Rio Tinto releases its ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
... month of June. On Friday, the the Australian stock market closed higher, after a boost from Wall Street ahead of the US employment data. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 15 points at 5135.3 while the all ordinaries firmed 18.4 points to 5096.5. ...

Finsia SEEKs new frontier with partnership

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... eight new certificate courses, available exclusively through SEEK Learning, a subsidiary of the industry leading SEEK employment website. The new courses are aimed at those looking to gain initial qualifications to enter into the financial services sector. ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
Today's strong Australian employment report is consistent with a strengthening growth trend in the economy but it is also increasing the bias towards further RBA rate hikes. Following yesterday's faster-than-expected 0.9 per cent growth in March quarter ...

Pillar to get $4.5 million IT upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... "There are currently over 400 positions located in [Pillar] & Expansion in Pillar's client base will provide future employment growth in Wollongong [where they are based]." This latest news follows recent announcements by Pillar chief executive, Peter ...