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DEWR skilled vacancies fall 0.2% in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
... 5.4% higher than the same time last year, official figures showed today. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) said its skilled vacancies index fell to 111 in March, dropping across two out of three major occupational groups. DEWR ...

Business groups fear Labor government: Andrews

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
Business groups fear a federal Labor government will derail the economy, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said today. Andrews attacked Labor and the Australian Democrats after the government overnight failed for the second time to pass laws ...

New measures to boost employee share ownership

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
... government wants to double the number of Australian employees who own shares in the company they work for. Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Anderson announced a new 11% target today for participation in employee share ownership schemes, up from the ...

Treasury warns on global recovery

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
... today showed vacancies for skilled workers rose 1.7 per cent in November. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations said skilled vacancies were 2.8 per cent higher than the same time last year, with the strongest demand for marketing and advertising ...

Skilled vacancies index up 1.7% in November

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
... today showed vacancies for skilled workers rose 1.7 per cent in November. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) said its skilled vacancies index rose to 114.9 in November, 2.8 per cent higher than the same time last year. DEWR said ...

Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
... that it was confident of winning the Democrats' support for its proposed changes to unfair dismissal laws, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said today. "I can assure you the government will reintroduce the bill before the end of the year and ...

Domestic job figures to give new clues to economy

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
... official employment indicator, which fell in September for the first time in six months. But the Department of Workplace Relations said the five-month run of positive results meant jobs growth would still pick up towards the end of the year. Economists ...

Job advertisements rise 1.5% in August: ANZ job advertisement series

... employment services contract on the Australian Job Search Site operated by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations). The level of internet job advertising was nonetheless the second-highest (after July) since July 2001 and 9.5% higher than ...

Rising job ads signal strengthening employment growth: ANZ

... reflected the commencement of a new government employment services contract on the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Australian Job Search site. But the ANZ said other internet job sites also recorded increases in job advertisements last ...