The national minimum wage will be lifted by 3 per cent – or 50 cents an hour – as announced by the Fair Work Commission this week. This change will directly affect around 1.5 million Australians on award wages. From July 1 the minimum wage is increasing by $18.70 per week, taking it from about…
From July 1 the payroll tax in Victoria will be cut to the second lowest rate in the nation. As part of its 2014/15 budget the state government will reduce the taxation on the wages paid by employers by 0.05 percentage points to 4.85% It will become one of Australia’s lowest payroll tax rates, behind…
Just like everybody else, recruitment consultants and HR professionals have to do more work with fewer resources, employers expect employees to continually reinvent themselves whilst organisations are looking for ways to reduce costs
I recently attended the CEO Institute’s annual summit at the home of cricket, the MCG. It was my first time at one of these summits’ and had heard mixed reviews about them over the years. But I’m sure glad I went. As after a series of different speakers, who were all very engaging and interesting…
With the unemployment rate unexpectedly falling to 5.8% in March the job market is finally showing signs of stability. In fact we might have seen the worst when the jobless rate reached 6.1% in February earlier this year. According to ANZ Chief Economist Ivan Colhoun, “There is now clearer evidence that labour demand is strengthening….
So you need to hire new staff, and think you will just post an advertisement and the right person will magically appear. This is a perfect opportunity to take stock of where you are, where you want to be and who is going to get you there. Don’t just refill the old job. There are…
As of January this year Modern Awards and new enterprise agreements are now required to consult with employees regarding changes to their working hours and/or regular roster. These requirements have been added to what previously was applicable to ‘major workplace change’ as a result of the amendment laws to Fair Work Act 2009. For the…
In line with the national rise Victorian unemployment rate increases by 0.1 percentage point to reach 6.4 % as announced by ABS last week. There are now 197,000 people without jobs in Victoria. It gets worse for seasonally adjusted numbers as the unemployment rate jumps up to the highest since January 2002. This hardly came as…
If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs This quote popular with recruitment agencies sums up the value of recruitment strategies to hire the right person for the right job in one short, snappy line. BRW’s Fast 100 Survey cited the biggest frustration for business was staff recruitment and specifically finding the right people….
