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Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... or US$120 billion in the same period. "Meanwhile, people worldwide are working harder and longer hours, often for poverty wages in precarious and unsafe jobs. The wages of nearly 800 million workers have failed to keep up with inflation and they have ...

Calls for fresh 5% hike to minimum wage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) will seek another 5% increase in the minimum and award wages as part of its submission to the Annual Wage Review. Each year, the Fair Work Commission hears from unions, employers, and governments before ...

Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... there are risks related to the weak productivity and strong unit labour cost growth. "The challenge here is that, while wages growth lifting to around its current rate would not typically be worryingly high, it has coincided with dismal productivity ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... which wrapped up on 3 November 2023, proposes employers pay staff super entitlements on the same day they pay salary and wages effective from 1 July 2026. Hostplus pointed out that the "proliferation of WMPs" possess "dark pattern design features" that ...

Super contribution caps to rise on July 1

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... position to make use of the increased limits next financial year should give serious consideration to doing so," he said. "Wages have been climbing at a relatively quick rate in recent years but contribution caps, because of the way they're indexed ...

RBA anticipated to delay interest rate cuts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... Australia's weak post-pandemic productivity, ranking poorly among developed nations. This has driven unit labor costs - wages adjusted for productivity - significantly above the RBA's 2-3% inflation target range. "Without a lift in productivity ...

Australian economic growth slows, IMF maintains positive outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... to persistent inflation and elevated interest rates which have raised the cost of living and resulted in declining real wages. Inflation eased to 5.4% in the third quarter of 2023, down from 7.8% in the fourth quarter of 2022, though it remains above ...

Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... voluntary savings. They explained this will better promote additional income sources retirees can draw on, such as salaries and wages from part-time work or accessing income from equity in the family home or other property. "The big challenge we have ...

Gender pay gap a crucial diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... recruited into senior roles. That's what a gender pay gap should address. The unadjusted gender pay gap does not compare wages between men and women in the same roles, but compares total wages for men and women respectively. "It is a proxy for workforce ...

Wages growth reaches unsustainable level: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... said. Despite the record high, real wage growth remains in negative territory. "Before the pandemic, we struggled to grow wages above 2%. At that time, inflation was slightly higher than that," she explained. "Before the pandemic, the issue was that ...
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