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Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... for higher unemployment - which is above its long-term average of 130.2. This suggests that the hope for acceleration in wages could be a long time coming and when tied to rising energy prices, indicate further erosion in household disposable incomes ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... informative. "For those indicating a deterioration in confidence, demand, margins, government policy and costs (energy and wages) play a major role." Firms are concerned with the outlook for "customer demand". And so they should be. The monthly growth ...

ASFA puts gig economy on the agenda

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... coverage of the SG to independent contractors and the broader group of self-employed workers; and Removing the $450-a-month wages threshold for the SG to be paid to employees. "The case for changes is strong," Fahy said. "For affected workers and in ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... mean and weighted median at 1.8% -- and supports the case for an interest rate reduction, particularly given record low wages growth, the RBA's outlook is one of optimism. As per the RBA statement of 5 September: "Wage growth remains low. This is likely ...

Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... 1992. "Employers who deliberately do not pay their workers' superannuation entitlements are robbing their workers of their wages. This is illegal and won't be tolerated," O'Dwyer said. "The Turnbull Government is taking action to safeguard and modernise ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... part-time (up 48,200 from June) and worse, 20,300 full time jobs were lost over the month. That doesn't spell accelerating wages growth. Okay...one swallow does not a spring make, especially given the volatility even in the seasonally adjusted figures. ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a record low 1.9% ...

Glass ceiling stops at C-Suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... democratic thing to do but it doesn't touch them personally," Kimmel said. Kimmel said that constantly presenting women's wages as a function of men's wages perpetuates this. "Women earn 80 cents for every man's dollar. I think we need to flip that. ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... steadily fallen to 9.1% in June - the lowest level since 2009 - after peaking at 12.1% in July 2013. Unlike its peers growth in wages and salaries in the Eurozone appears to be more responsive to improvement in the labour market, supporting the ECB in ...

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... number of "hires" are lagging - up 3.5% in the year to June to 5.356 million. Yet these aren't putting upward pressure on wages. Average weekly earnings grew by 2.8% in the year to July (unchanged from June) - far below what the current unemployment ...