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Westpac now an open book on pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... Day this year, the UK government announced an initiative to combat the gender pay gap, encouraging employers to include salary information in all job postings and not asking applicants to disclose their pay history. Westpac said its decision is part ...

New hire salaries skyrocket: Recruiter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... financial services space are increasingly poaching talent from smaller businesses, offering between 20% and 30% more in salary. This is creating more vacant roles at SMEs, while also lifting salary expectations across the board, Robert Half said, with ...

UK takes steps to remove gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... Stedman-Scott launched initiatives this week "to level up employment opportunities for women". One of the initiatives aims to close salary gaps by publishing a salary range in a job advert and not asking applicants to disclose their salary history, with ...

International hiring spree: Robert Half

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... to pay a premium for international talent, with 40% saying they are planning to increase the initially planned starting salary for new recruits from overseas. "Businesses will need to act quickly to establish and implement a global talent acquisition ...

Super baby bonus proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... child. The $5000 figure would be equivalent to the amount in superannuation guarantee contributions a person on a $60,000 salary would receive, ASFA said, adding that such a measure could benefit up to 300,000 women. "While the superannuation system ...

2021 lined homeowners' pockets: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... house and owned some shares, ended the year about $170,000 better off. And that's after-tax and in addition to their salary, Rainmaker Information said, the median of which was $63,000 in Australia last year. This is because in the 2021 calendar ...

Risk, compliance salaries soar: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... continues to see upward pressure on salaries in the risk and compliance space. While it reflects the overall pandemic-induced salary trend, it's also driven by demand for more niche expertise and a lack of candidates. Data released by Kaizen Recruitment ...

Positive hiring outlook for 2022: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... biggest hiring challenge in 2022, almost four in 10 (39%) Australian business leaders identified meeting candidates' salary expectations to be their main challenge. This was closely followed by reskilling/upskilling existing employees (36%) and finding ...

Shareholders reject Westpac remuneration report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... will face a board spill. The remuneration report included chief executive Peter King's package of $2.4 million as base salary, and variable incentives of $2.4 million for the short term and $3.2 million for the long term. Non-executive directors' ...

Challenger taps Hamilton for top job

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... $1.075 million, inclusive of superannuation. It is expected that his annual short term incentive will be capped at twice his salary and he will also be entitled to a long term incentive. Challenger will now undertake a recruitment process to fill the ...