Tag: Australian workers

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. […]

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 […]

Small Businesses Ideas for Australians Who Are Wanting to Work for Themselves

If you are considering the idea of starting a business in 2022, it is important to take the new normal into account. The covid-19 pandemic has changed so much about how people consume products and services. It is important to keep up to date with consumer trends and to create a small business that has […]

Job Adds Across Australia Dropped By 5.5 Percent in December 2021

Businesses across Australia chose to take to the labour market with caution during the month of December as job ads fell as a result of the rising case numbers, and the Omicron-induced economic uncertainty that accompanied them.  ANZ published the results of its monthly job ads index on Wednesday, which showed the rate of jobs […]

Australian Hospitality Is Experiencing A Huge Recruitment Crisis

The Australian hospitality industries is experiencing a huge recruitment crisis as there are currently an excess of 100,000 vacant roles. As a result of this a large number of lucky Australians working in the industries are getting paid double their award hourly rate. The challenges that employers are facing to entice people to work with […]

Wage Growth Continues to Increase Across Australia

Wage growth figures across Australia have continued to rise closer to the levels recorded prior to the start of the covid-19 pandemic. This trend has occurred despite covid lockdowns still occurring across most of the eastern cost of Australia during the September quarter when the data was collected. The latest figures published by the Australian […]

Unpaid Overtime Has Increased During the Covid-19 Pandemic

A recent report has shown that the number of Australians working unpaid overtime has increased significantly during the covid-19 pandemic. The report can reveal that unpaid workers are missing out on an average $230 a week or $460 each fortnight.  Across the country Australians are working an average of 6.1 hours of unpaid work each […]

Australia’s Unemployment Rate Continues to Rise

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) an extra 138,000 jobs were lost during the month of September 2021. This means that Australia’s unemployment rate increased up to 4.6 percent, from 4.5 percent, with another dramatic deterioration in the participation rate the main reason why the unemployment rate did not jump further.  Australia’s participation rate hit a […]