March 11 2010 - Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rose by 0.1% to 5.3% but the number of people in employment
also rose by 400 to 10,971,100.
(News Release, February 2010)
February 1 2010 - Confidence among Australian employers has increased to
the highest level since September 2008 according to a recent Hudson survey
January 5 2010 - People may believe that the global financial crisis (GFC) has made job-hunting
more difficult but a recent survey from Mercer suggests that the recruitment picture is better than it seems.
(News Release, December 2009)
November 12 2009 - Just over 1,700,000 people (10% of Australians aged 15 years or more)
were unemployed and looking for work at some time in the twelve months up to February 2009, according to the
Australian Bureau of Statistics.
September 1 2009 - The CEO of Skill360 Australia has claimed that not only is the country's
Vocational Education and Training sector one of the world's best, it prepares Australian apprentices for jobs
anywhere in the world.
(News Release, August 31 2009)
(News Release, August 11 2009)
May 28 2009 - Following the departure of belligerent Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo, the new
CEO, David Thodey, apparently signalled a more concilatory approach to employee relations in an email sent to members of
Telstra staff.
(News Release, May 7 2009)
April 15 2009 - Australian Bureau of Statistics results, just released, show that in
August 2008, 19.1% of Australian employees earned $1400 or more per week.
March 13 2009 - Whenever we begin to design an employee communication strategy that is focussed on change the most important thing to consider is that the strategies implemented must engage employees, not simply inform. In other words will the employee communication strategy you are implementing cause a change in attitude and therefore behaviour or is it simply information?
March 11 2009 - (News Release) Following the successful launch of a new career and financial mentoring
service designed to help assist Singapore-based employees affected by pay cuts and layoffs, TMS Asia-Pacific is
actively considering implementing a similar system in its Australian operation.
March 10 2009 - ACTU President Sharan Burrow says that Australian women are risking loss of pay,
skills and access to decent work because of the Global Financial Crisis.
March 8 2009 - What's the best way to deal with stress in the workplace? Prevent it from ever occurring!
November 27 2008 - A new University of Melbourne study has shown that
nearly one third of registered aged care nurses are thinking about leaving their jobs
in the next year because of stress.
July 11 2008 - A survey of full-time employees across 29 industry sectors by Brisbane-based HR and Change Management consultants
Astor Levin found that almost a half (49%) would favour flexible working arrangements.
May 28 2008 - Recruitment specialist TMS Asia-Pacific recently reminded employers in
the tourism and hospitality and tourism sectors of the valuable role psychometric profiles
can have in recruitment.
Updated May 1 2008 - It seems that finally senior managers - some of them, at least - are willing to give
HR managers a significant role in strategic decisions. But how many human resource managers know how to fulfill that
role?
March 20 2008 - The ACTU said that banning new AWAs was an important first step towards the restoration of
Australian workers' rights taken away by the former Howard Government's Work Choices IR laws.
March 17 2008 - While the hospitality and travel sectors are continuing to experience difficulties in recruiting skilled staff,
the solution may lie with mature-age workers - the over 50's - according to TMS Asia-Pacific.
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