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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... only yesterday. Makes me wonder if the 2.6% gain in wages in the December quarter - and all previously reported wage increases -- was being bumped up by the big pay rises for these lucky, lucky, lucky few Edward Scissorhands? But I digress and apologise ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... appreciation of the Mexican peso. Mexico has followed a very conservative economic policy, running a balanced budget. Wage increases in China also now mean that the economy now has a lower unit labour cost base than the world's second largest economy. ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... employers faced by dominant unions or skilled labour shortages may not be able to trade-off the SG increase against wage increases. "The government should have acted responsibly and still should now, and take the opportunity to put in place a legally ...

Shorten demands clarity of stance on SG rise

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... increase to 12% in phases over the next seven years. Shorten says that the extra cost will be covered from deferred wage increases negotiated in enterprise bargaining agreements, however Tony Abbott weighed into the argument on Friday, saying small businesses ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... "It's a slow gradual increase, which gives businesses plenty of time to plan with their budgets to look at future wage increases and how this is all factored in," said Reynolds. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it was ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... Shorten is sending strong signals to business groups that he has heard their concerns that extra SG on top of regular wage increases will be inflationary. Government promoting the line that workers being expected to effectively absorb the SG increase ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... sector could put upward pressure on wages, and by extension, inflation and interest rates. A move to partially forgo wage increases in lieu of superannuation contributions would be nothing new for Australia. The superannuation system as we know it was ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... the economy to recoup a portion, let alone the whole of the $20 billion extra superannuation payments from future wage increases in a decentralised wage system is very difficult and in many cases not possible," said ACCI chief executive Peter Anderson. ...

Job vacancies bull run falters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... Sydney Morning Herald reported that Prime Minister Rudd met with selected union leaders to discuss industry-wide wage increases. Even though the Prime Minister has publicly dismissed suggestions this means pattern bargaining is back on the table, comments ...

Another rabbit out of the hat

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... goal of raising this to $20,000 over five years. This will go part-way towards offsetting the effects of modest wage increases that haven't kept up with escalating rents, mortgage repayments, higher food and fuel costs, for those on lower incomes. At ...

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