Posts tagged "workforce"

Restaurant owners want next week's federal budget to address staff availability and the punishing cost of doing business, six months after pledges in the last budget left one small trader feeling like a "tool" in an election campaign.

The federal government has pledged $2.8 billion in funding for an overhauled apprenticeship incentive scheme, promising to grow the ranks of qualified tradespeople by subsidising the wages of select apprentices and trainees.

Stuart Robert has revealed the Morrison government's plans to build a ‘new data asset' that will give businesses and government real-time information about skills shortages at local levels.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses to pivot, fire employees, cut hours and even close their doors completely. Now, employers are faced with a war on talent.

New Small Business Minister Stuart Robert has an MBA and worked in consulting before entering politics.

DocuSign surveyed 2,008 members of the remote workforce around Australia to understand how COVID-19 has changed attitudes towards the future of work. 

In the future, businesses will need more nimble, adaptive workforces to ride the ups and downs of uncertainty.

Atlassian recently announcement that staff will be free to work from home permanently. And other businesses should follow suit.

New statistics show French pensioners spend the longest time in retirement out of all OECD countries. Here's how other countries compare.

Australian businesses are underspending on training and risk falling behind international competitors if investment in human skills is not increased.

Did you hear? An exodus of baby boomers retiring from the workforce could cause some sleepless nights for hiring managers.

Australia may be headed for a robot tax if the government is unable to adequately deal with structural changes to the nature of work.