Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 51 - 60 of 2043 results for "employment"

Return to office mandates to harm firms, careers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... found 81% of workers want to be able to work from home two days or more, but organisations are seeing weakness in the employment market as an opportunity to impose stricter return to office mandates; the unemployment rate in financial services is much ...

Treasury opens consult on non-compete reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... feedback on whether reforms are needed for non-compete clauses for high-income workers; non-solicitation clauses; and employment restrictions on having multiple jobs. The reforms were flagged by the Albanese government in March this year when it unveiled ...

Bullock reaffirms RBA's 'gradual easing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... the Anika Foundation Fundraising Lunch, Bullock said the central bank's goals of low and stable inflation and full employment are closely linked, so the focus is on bringing inflation down in a relatively gradual way so as to limit the easing in labour ...

Cbus closes corporate super plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... Limited, any increased portion of cover caused by the rounding up of units will be New Events Cover only until Active Employment is met for 10 consecutive days." Additionally, the cost of insurance will increase as Cbus said the significant discount ...

Unemployment data throws 'curveball' at RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... strongly at a rate of around 30,000 per month," Bassanese said. "We'll need more consistent signs of weakness in both employment and hiring indicators before we can conclude the labour market is turning. That said, today's result clearly adds to the ...

Stop delaying Payday Super laws, says SMC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... have on small and medium businesses, saying there should be support mechanisms put in place via the ATO. It comes as Employment Hero modelling shows there is a $124,000 working capital gap at small and medium businesses. More than 30% would need to build ...

MA Financial gives $200m to legal finance platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... flexible finance based on a person's "likely relationship settlement", irrespective of their credit score, income or employment, particularly in favour of low-income earners. The lending facility will enable the platform to significantly expand its operations ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... since the end of 2024 as uncertainty surges to 92% - the highest level over the past two years. More are expecting employment and profit margins to decrease over the next year and have rising concerns about competition, pricing and costs, Deloitte said. ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows. "Despite employment falling by 2000 people this month, it's up 2.3% compared to May 2024, which is stronger than the pre-pandemic, 10-year average ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... reforms, including allowing superannuation to be paid directly into workers' home country super funds during their employment or as part of their wages. Their analysis suggested that direct payments to home country funds as the most practical solution ...