Tag: Employees

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tips For Reducing Burnout In The Workplace

Experiencing burnout in the workplace a problem many Australians experience at some stage during their professional career. This has become even more common in the age of covid-19 when a recent survey revealed that almost three-quarters of Australian and New Zealand workers admit to have experienced burnout at some stage during 2020.  There are many […]

Australian Workers Being Unpaid for Overtime Has Surged

Recently published research can reveal that up to 70 percent of Australian workers are working unpaid overtime. This comes as Australia experiences a surge in unpaid work as a result of hybrid working arrangements brought about by the covid-19 pandemic. The research illustrates that Australians are on average working 7.3 unpaid hours per week. This […]

How To Know If Your Business Is In Financial Trouble

Running a business can be full of challenges especially during the covid-19 pandemic when lockdowns can be implemented unexpectedly and the economy consequences of this can be severe. Here is a list of warning signs that could indicate that your business is headed for financial trouble. Major Clients Have Left Your Organisation Successful businesses will […]

Australian Businesses Admit To Struggling To Retain and Attract Quality Staff

Ongoing border closures and a ban on international travel means that Australian businesses have lost access to technical and skilled workers from overseas coming into the country. As a result of this businesses are now having to fight for available resources and things could potential become more challenging for small businesses across the country. The […]