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Non-compete clauses come under the microscope

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Treasury has released a new consultation paper, Non-competes and other restraints: understanding the impacts on jobs, business and productivity, finding that these restrictions could have a "chilling effect" on the workforce. "The impacts of non-compete ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... employees. Further, those businesses with a large gender pay disparity should be required to explain the gap and publish an action plan, the report recommends. It also recommended the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority drop ...

Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... men (61%) who have 10-plus years of experience. Over a third (38%) said they do not have the tools and training to do their jobs properly and a similar number expressed dissatisfaction in their current roles. Nearly two thirds (64%) are looking to exit ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... the WGEA with insights into the adjusted pay gap as well. If a pay gap exists, WGEA will ask employers to present an action plan." "Unadjusted pay gap is a fairly blunt instrument," White told FS Sustainability. "It doesn't compare like-for-like ...

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... class action led by victims of Melissa Caddick alleges that auditors of their self-managed superannuation funds failed their jobs to detect fraudulent activities. Twenty-four victims, together with the help of Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... assess," he told Financial Standard. Chalmers said voting YES is an opportunity to "help fix this mess." "The NO campaign has no plan and no way of making things better. NO means more of the same failures. NO is a cul-de-sac of disappointment, dishonesty ...

Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
The government has unveiled its plan to overhaul the employment system in its newly released whitepaper, including encouraging older Australians to stay in the workforce by extending the work bonus and introducing a new skills passport. The Working ...

Prime Super acquires utilities provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... and our wind energy assets, we'll be able by 2025, to transmit green energy throughout the country and create many new jobs for people," Baird said.

Life Sherpa rolls out investment solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... to increase the number of Australians accessing advice. "There is a significant portion of the population - who have good jobs, stable income, and clear goals - who are unable to afford full financial advice. The successful deployment of technology into ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... Union, which argues that on the back of the results, there should be no reason for it to continue to close branches, offshore jobs, and force staff to work in the office for half the time. The union recently lodged a dispute at the Fair Work Commission ...
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