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Hostplus nabs top JANA executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The $110 billion industry fund that looks after hospitality workers has snared a senior property executive from JANA Investment Advisers. Chris Cawson jumped to Hostplus two weeks after the asset consultant lost its infrastructure head to the industry ...

Job mobility falls for first time in three years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... 8.2%, compared to 7.9% for men, after having been higher for men for most of the past decade. Jarvis add that younger workers were still more mobile than older workers, with 12.6% of 15- to 24-year-olds changing jobs. "However, youth job mobility was ...

Four out of five workers to search for new jobs: Hays

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Recruitment specialist Hays has reported that four out of five New South Wales workers will look for a new job in the next year. According to the Hays Salary Guide, which surveyed more than 15,000 respondents covering 1250 roles across 26 different ...

Industry Super Australia names new chair

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... joined Hostplus in 2011, becoming chief marketing officer a few years later. He left the industry fund - that looks after workers in the hospitality, tourism and sports industries- in 2018 but rejoined three years later as group executive of marketing ...

Most in-demand skills for financial services workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Recruitment at all levels across most categories in the financial services industry has been lacklustre over the 2023/24 year, but there are some skills highly in demand, according to new data from Perceptor. The one exception has been insurance, which ...

Super tax concessions cost $54.5bn in lost revenue: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... forecast to overtake the cost of the Age Pension in 2045-46. "While super tax concessions are designed to help all Australian workers saving for retirement, the distribution of these benefits is incredibly unequal," Australia Institute research fellow ...

More businesses fold, unpaid super recovery measure to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
As the number of business insolvencies spike, workers will soon be able to claim unpaid superannuation owed to them by defunct employers under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) Recovery Program. From 1 July 2024, staff who worked for employers that ...

HESTA pushes for expediated advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... Planner request further in-person advice. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said the fund's members, who are often shift workers and balancing busy lives, want 24/7 access to support in the palm of their hand. "We're seeing members really build their ...

Employees will quit on full return-to-office orders: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... forced to go into the office five days a week, a Robert Walters survey finds. The survey based on more than 2000 Australian workers found that nine out of 10 will look for a new job to find an employer that offers better work-from-home flexibility. Forty ...

Lendlease ditches overseas construction

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... Lendlease will abandon its international construction operations as part of a broader restructure that will make nearly 3000 workers redundant over the next 18 months. The ASX-listed firm today announced it will solely focus on its development and construction ...