Posts tagged "wages"

The Wall Street Journal reports a Sweetgreen location in Naperville, Illinois, has been outfitted with what the brand calls an "Infinite Kitchen": an elaborate system which reads a customer's order and assembles ingredients like shredded carrot, kale, and dressing.

Sydney restaurant chain Burger Head has delivered an unvarnished view of life in the hospitality business, using a series of public posts to explain the "devastating" decision to close its remaining brick and mortar stores.

Eight years since Victoria introduced the AFL Grand Final eve public holiday, small businesses across the state are still unsure of its merits, claiming interrupted trade and an extra day of penalty rates will harm enterprises doing it tough.

Wage theft is costing Australian workers $850 million a year, according to a damning new report from the McKell Institute.

The start of each financial year usually brings with a host of tax changes that SMEs need to be aware of, as well a a range of other legal changes that affect large sections of the Australian business community.

Nintendo Japan just posted disappointing financial results. But instead of cutting employees, it is offering raises. Here's why.

Wages are up and profits are down as the unemployment rate hovers at record lows and businesses scour the country, desperate for available workers.

Here's what you need to know about the bill, from its proposed overhaul of the enterprise bargaining system to new Fair Work Commission powers to enforce hybrid work arrangements.

A lot can change in six months. Just ask Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who will on Tuesday deliver a vastly different federal budget to the economic roadmap laid out by the Coalition in March.

Australia is facing a war for talent — and the nation's small businesses appear to be outgunned, with large companies growing their headcounts faster while also offering more significant wage increases.

The main obstacle to higher wage growth in several sectors is not enterprise bargaining, but an unwillingness on the part of governments (on behalf of taxpayers) to stump up the cash.

Australia's small business community now sits front of mind for lawmakers after the Jobs and Skills Summit, COSBOA chief Alexi Boyd says.