Category: Workforce

Government HR managers and public sector recruiters should be proactively going after the thousands of Australians who’ve lost their jobs in the financial crisis with incentives to return home, a…

As Labor suffered an embarrassing swing of 22.6 per cent on a two-party-preferred basis in Ryde, the Liberals’ candidate, Victor Dominello, has fetched the seat, garnering 53.7 per cent of the…

Tasmania’s long running public sector wage dispute has been resolved after 90 per cent of the state’s public servants voted to accept the State Government’s wage offer in a union…

The 3-D virtual world Second Life. In an innovate move to tackle its ageing IT workforce, the state of Missouri has recruited its first IT employee from an internet-based virtual world….

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has welcomed a Productivity Commission draft report that recommends 18 weeks of paid parental leave, but the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)…

A taxpayer-funded parental leave scheme would benefit around 140,000 mothers and their newborn children each year and yield community-wide gains in the long term, according to a draft report released…

The Federal Government’s Productivity Commission has released the report, Trends in aged care services: some implications, to identify challenges arising from shifting demand and supply influences in the aged care…

Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has revealed his new cabinet, putting deputy leader Julie Bishop in the hot seat of shadow treasurer. Ms Bishop becomes the first woman to take on…

The incoming WA Premier Colin Barnett’s new cabinet comprises 17 ministers, while the previous Labor cabinet had 15 members. Three Nationals MPs have been put in the ministry, including the…

Malcolm Turnbull has been elected as the new leader of the Federal Liberal Party, defeating Brendan Nelson in a vote this morning. Mr Turnbull won with 45 votes to Dr…