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Market wrap - morning

AAP | THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007

... price index was five points higher to 6,318. Today, the Australian Fair Pay Commission is expected to announce its minimum wage decision and the SEEK employment index for June is out. On the markets, building products company CSR Ltd holds its annual ...

Economic round-up: Wage wars

SUZY MAC | TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007

... great for other small businesses that are suffering a concentration of an Australia-wide skills shortage. While WA's minimum wage seems to be dictated solely by demand, the Federal Government and the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) are busy debating ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007

China has announced that its prime lending rate will rise by 0.27 per cent to 6.39 per cent which is the highest that it has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007

... on 3 per cent. The Chairman of the Australian Fair Pay Commission Professor Ian Harper, who is responsible for the minimum wage setting for 1.2 million low-paid workers, has said that the next ruling by the Commission would likely come in around the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007

... as 457 could make it uneconomical for employers to use foreign workers. The government has rightly said that the minimum wage for such foreign workers is higher than that for locals so that there is encouragement to employ local staff. The Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006

... million will be spent on training teams that will undertake ad hoc checks on employers to ensure that they adhere to minimum wage rates as well as the visa conditions. This announcement comes at a time when a report by Professor Bob Birrell of the Monash ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006

The Australian Fair Pay Commission yesterday increased the national minimum wage for low paid workers by $27.36 to $700 and by $22.04 for those above $700 in a decision that was supported by both major political parties and the union movement but opposed ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006

... At the same time corporate profits have risen to their highest levels since the 1960s. The purchasing power of the minimum wage is now at its lowest level for 50 years whilst living cost have been rising. Total employee benefits at 56.1 per cent reached ...

Government and employers agree on $10 wage rise for low paid

AAP | FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004

... Commonwealth and employers have backed a wage rise of up to $10 a week for Australia's lowest-paid workers in this year's minimum wage case, saying any more would cost jobs. The figure is less than half the amount sought by unions, who want an extra ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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