This Month
Vegas trips, five times the salary: Life as an NYC lawyer to the stars
Sydneysider Nick Saady moved to New York five years ago to study a Master of Laws at New York University. He did whatever it took to stay.
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- Ciara Seccombe
Gen Z the ‘canary in the coal mine’ on job losses
A sharp rise in the number of unemployed Gen Zers show the jobs market is softening, presenting a challenge for the RBA as it assesses the need for another interest rate rise.
- Michael Read
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- Interest rates
Chalmers warns Mid-East conflict to drive inflation
The treasurer warns the crisis could further drive up oil prices, as economists predict inflation figures may trigger another interest rate rise.
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- Michael Read
Glencore to shed 1200 jobs and shut Mount Isa copper mines by 2025
Swiss mining giant Glencore is set to announce it will close its three underground copper mines in Mount Isa by the second half of 2025.
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- Mark Ludlow
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Big business used to offshore jobs. Canva is helping start-ups do it too
Growing start-ups are increasingly hiring in Manila, the low-cost outsourcing destination that has grown beyond stereotypical customer service roles.
- Nick Bonyhady
‘HR’s biggest trend’ is helping fix the skills crisis
A rising number of companies including Schneider Electric and Unilever are focusing on skills instead of job titles to fill roles.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Gender pay gap
‘Greedy work’ and the gender pay gap
Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin, who won the Nobel Prize for economics, argues that “greedy jobs” make it difficult to close the gender pay gap.
- Karen Maley
US economy adds 336,000 jobs in stunning gain
Markets recovered on a strong September labour force report that showed a resilient economy but worsened ′ fears of another Federal Reserve rate rise.
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- Christopher Rugaber
Unions threaten to restart Chevron LNG strikes
The unions have accused the gas giant of reneging on a deal that led it to pause rolling stoppages at Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG facilities last month.
- David Marin-Guzman and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Lower weekly jobless claims boost US economic picture
The American economy’s continued resilience raises the risk of Federal Reserve lifting rates again by the end of the year.
- Lucia Mutikani
Australia’s most in-demand jobs revealed
Actuaries, tax accountants, solicitors and architects are officially in shortage, according to Jobs and Skills Australia’s annual skills priority list.
- Michael Read and Euan Black
US job openings top all forecasts as white-collar positions jump
The number of available positions increased to 9.61 million from a revised 8.92 million in July. Hiring edged up, while layoffs remained low.
- Reade Pickert
September
BoQ cuts 250 jobs as profit takes a hit
Bank of Queensland has become the latest bank to reduce its staff ahead of revealing its results next month.
- Liam Walsh
Jobs and low inflation goal clashes with workplace changes
Economists say the employment white paper’s goals to cut the jobless rate and keep inflation low clash with Labor’s workplace changes.
- John Kehoe
Labor jobs plan ‘undone’ by IR laws, business claims
The business community says the government’s long-awaited employment white paper will be overwhelmed by the impact of its industrial relations changes.
- Phillip Coorey
RBA backs Chalmers’ ‘full employment’ ambition
The RBA has offered support to Jim Chalmers’ goal to “drive down” the full-employment rate, responding to speculation this may be at odds with the bank’s inflation fight.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Jim Chalmers
Chalmers can’t wish his way to lower unemployment
Labor needs more than small-target ‘Hollowmen’ policies to keep the jobless rate sustainably low without pushing up inflation and help the Reserve Bank.
- John Kehoe
The nine things the government says it will do about jobs
The Albanese government has identified nine policy areas in its white paper on employment that it will act on immediately.
Chalmers details plan to get pensioners, welfare recipients back to work
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ white paper on employment will reduce the disincentives that discourage welfare recipients from taking up employment.
- Phillip Coorey
$40m for TAFE ‘excellence’ in Labor jobs plan
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will launch Labor’s look at the shifting economy in Adelaide, promising nine new policy initiatives.
- Tom McIlroy
