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Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... businesses, that in turn, lifts demand for staff. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that 178,800 workers found employment in October - a pleasant surprise to markets that were expecting total jobs numbers to drop by 40,000 over ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... state's population." "States will decide who gets vaccinated first with priority given to healthcare and frontline workers, and the elderly. FDA's outside advisers set to meet on December 10 to discuss whether to authorise Pfizer's and BioNTech's ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... "gearing up to overhaul retirement income" and the formula would be to cut super, make people sell their homes and tell workers they're better off with less. Meanwhile, ISA welcomed the findings of the report, but interpreted its findings as clearly ...

Chief economist update: A wonderful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... of course, referring to the wonderful set of labour market numbers released by the ABS. The ABS reported that 178,800 workers found employment in October - a pleasant surprise to markets that were expecting total jobs numbers to drop by 40,000 over the ...

Mental health over financial health: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
The MetLife 2020 Employee Benefit Trends Study found the majority of Australian workers feel their mental health is the most important aspect to focus on in the wake of COVID-19. Around 70% of workers said mental health is the most important thing to ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... measures vis-a-vis a nationwide lockdown, infections and deaths could overwhelm America's hospitals and healthcare workers, leaving Biden with no other choice but to freeze social and business activity to contain the outbreak. That, or hope and wish ...

Club Plus announces insurance changes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
The $3 billion industry fund for club workers has announced significant changes to its insurance offering with group insurer OnePath. From 1 January 2021, members will see premiums on death, total and permanent disability and income protection cover ...

Asset managers want action on modern-day slavery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... diligence, compliance and reporting across their business models. Of particular concern is the significant use of vulnerable workers, such as migrant labour and base-skilled labour; the operation of complex supply chains with many intermediaries; oligopolistic ...

Millions of workers facing financial stress: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Severe and moderate levels of financial stress are impacting around 1.8 million Australian workers, according to AMP's latest Financial Wellness study. AMP said of those 1.8 million, nearly half have been feeling financially stressed for an average ...

DomaCom to deliver affordable housing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... investment provider DomaCom has partnered with a community housing provider to deliver affordable housing for essential workers and returns for its investors. DomaCom and BlueCHP have agreed to the $250 million affordable housing project which will allow ...