Real wages in Australia fall by fastest rate on record ahead of Jobs Summit
Australian households are suffering under the sharpest decline in purchasing power on record as “sluggish” wages growth continues to lag behind skyrocketing prices for everyday essentials.
The shape of Labor’s Jobs and Skills Summit is becoming clearer as business groups call for industry diversification and IR reform
With barely a fortnight until the Jobs and Skills Summit, immigration, innovation, and industrial relations have become major agenda items.
COSBOA says Labor’s jobs and skills summit is no “stunt” as Dutton, Littleproud split over attendance
The Opposition Leader publicly turned down an invitation to the Jobs Summit, claiming the summit would be compromised by government favouritism towards union policy suggestions.
One Nation says its proposed ‘equal pay for equal work’ bill wouldn’t put a “burden” on small businesses
The new Labor government may have an unlikely ally in One Nation as it pushes for legislation enshrining equal pay between full-time staff and casual labour hire workers.
Peter Strong: Labor has made a good start, but it must never forget small business people
The small business community will be closely watching where this government moves on the economy and on removing the cumbersome complexity that bedevils workplace relations, writes Peter Strong.
Labor to target businesses over pay deals “rort” as Jobs and Skills Summit looms
The shape of Australia's looming Jobs and Skills Summit is becoming clearer, as senior federal government ministers tout the end of one-sided enterprise agreement terminations and a new kind of digital skills apprenticeship as leading items on the agenda.
Independent MPs, industry groups want tweaks to the pension income test to encourage older Australians into the workforce
MP Rebekha Sharkie says expanding the aged pension income test would remove barriers keeping experienced staff from the workplace.
Chalmers’ gloomy economic update proves need for action on skills and productivity, industry groups say
Australian industry groups have urged the federal government to ramp up efforts to boost productivity after Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered a bruising update to the nation's economic outlook.
