Category: Employment

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It has been three years since we have been a standalone business it is great to be back. We welcome Pete as a partner of the firm.

Victorian Government Joins Forces with Supermarkets to Tackle Workforce Shortages

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that the Victorian Government will be joining forcing with leading supermarket chains to fill workforce shortages by linking thousands of Victorian based jobseekers with food retailers. After announcing the campaign earlier this month, Jobs Victoria can reveal that they have already received more than 2,000 Victorian jobseekers expressing their […]

South Australia Unemployment Rate Drops to Its Lowest Level Since 1978

The unemployment rate in South Australia has dropped to an unprecedented record low of 3.9 percent for the month of December 2021. These figures provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) demonstrate that the current jobless rate in South Australia is the lowest it has ever been since monthly records commenced in 1978. “South […]

Job Vacancies Across Australia Reach a Record High

Data collected in the weeks leading up to the current outbreak of the Omicron variant has highlighted that job vacancies in Australia are at a level that’s higher than ever before. The recently published figures complied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), illustrate that the number of vacancies reached fresh highs in November 2021. […]

Fair Work Ombudsman Recovers $18,952 in Wages for Adelaide Cleaners

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has revealed that it has recently recovered $18,952 after a probe into 17 commercial contract cleaning businesses in Adelaide. Just under $20,000 in wages has been recovered for 29 cleaners around Adelaide. Ten of those companies which were investigated after anonymous tip-offs, customer enquiries or requests for help from the FWO were […]

ATO Is Being Asked to Address “Super Rip-Off” Impacting Queensland Workers

A national body has asked the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and politicians to do something to overhaul super contributions in Queensland, as new research is showing that the state’s cumulative unpair super debt has climbed past $5 billion in recent years. According to Industry Super Australia’s (ISA) analysis of tax data, more than 570,000 Queensland workers […]

Omicron Covid-19 Variant Is Making Australia’s Economic Recovery Extremely Difficult

The economic damaged caused by a record number of covid-19 cases being recorded across Australia is negatively impacting workers in pretty much every industry. Australians businesses are struggling to keep up with the number of workers being told to isolate after testing positive to covid-19 or after being listed as a close contact of a […]

Recent Lockdowns Resulted in The Loss of 378,000 Jobs

According to recently published figures compiled by The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) the data shows that 378,000 positions of employment were lost during the September 2021 quarter at the height of the lockdowns that were implemented in NSW, ACT and Victoria. Out of all the jobs that were lost 308,000 were considered to be […]