Unions, even the wider community, is still uneasy about WorkChoices. Business must start promoting the system’s positives, or risk losing …
Unions, even the wider community, is still uneasy about WorkChoices. Business must start promoting the system’s positives, or risk losing …
Dollar hits 10-year highThe Australian dollar surged to a 10-year high this morning, pushing through the US80c barrier to peak at US80.33c b…
SMEs struggle with pay-rate chaosEmployers are in the dark over paying staff correctly because the national wage setting body, the Australia…
Recruiting’s new challenge Chief executives are being forced to change the way they recruit and the type of people they target as…
Creating a workplace people want to join is half the battle, top entrepreneurs say. Also, existing staff are likely to know who’s worth hi…
As all the economic indicators on the economic roller-coaster keep pointing up, I get the feeling things are about to change. Every…
A new development right next to Cairns faces the usual (greenie) obstacles, but has a surprise in store for any buyers. False Cape, false …
Concerns grow at new death taxConcern is growing over a hidden bomb of death tax that could affect many children of baby boomers. New supera…
The Federal Opposition has finally unveiled its draft industrial relations plans ahead of the election, and business had better be prepared …
US productivity out of Australia’s reachAustralia will probably never reach the productivity levels achieved in the US, and it is unrealis…
On international women’s day, Australia is a laughing stock. But don’t blame employers, we do enough! Paid maternity leave is overdue. Don…
Labor’s maternity leave proposal might sound fine, but it would be disastrous for small business. Maternity leave of his sensesOppositio…
