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Compliance, Construction experts, Formwork Industry Association, Latest News, Opinion, Safety, Skills and training What should the framework for collaboration look like to genuinely change the culture around safe work in the Australian formwork … Australian Constructors Association, Construction experts, Latest News, Opinion Australian Constructors Association head of policy Robert Sobyra outlines the challenges constraining construction firms in their efforts to invest.
Why is it so difficult for construction firms to invest?
Australian Constructors Association head of policy Robert Sobyra outlines the challenges constraining construction firms in their efforts to invest. By Robert Sobyra, head of policy at the Australian Constructors Association. Why is it so difficult for construction firms to invest? The Australian Constructors Association’s (ACA) latest report, Nailing Construction Productivity, prompted a lot of people to ask me this question.
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Australian Constructors Association head of policy Robert Sobyra outlines the challenges constraining construction firms in their efforts to invest. By …
ACA: How to get your project built
New analysis from the Australian Constructors Association (ACA) shows that building firms are entering administration at more than twice the rate of other industries. In the year to March 2023, builders failed at a rate of 619 per 100,000 firms. The rate for the rest of economy was 270. This reflects some deeply troubling financial conditions in the construction industry.
Australian jobs aren't becoming less secure
A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The ACTU says insecure work has grown to “crisis levels[1]”. A Senate inquiry rehashed[2] the same themes last year. Much of the academic literature is also toeing this line[3]. Yet there is very little evidence that jobs are any less secure than they were decades ago.
What the finance industry can tell us about what's holding back wages
Fri Apr 12 Written by Robert Sobyra, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Wage growth has fallen short of the official forecasts for an extraordinary eight consecutive budgets. When asked what’s needed to actually get wage growth up in line with the repeated forecasts, prime minister Scott Morrison usually mentions productivity, and he is usually optimistic. He says the more that is produced per worker, the more can be paid per worker.
What the finance industry can tell us about what's holding back wages
Wage growth has fallen short of the official forecasts for an extraordinary eight consecutive budgets. Commonwealth budget papers, ABS wage price index When asked what’s needed to actually get wage growth up in line with the repeated forecasts, prime minister Scott Morrison usually mentions productivity, and he is usually optimistic. He says the more that is produced per worker, the more can be paid per worker.
Australian jobs aren't becoming less secure: Robert Sobyra
Gig platforms don’t have a large share of the labour market yet. A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The ACTU says insecure work has grown to “crisis levels”. A Senate inquiry rehashed the same themes last year. Much of the academic literature is also toeing this line.
Inside Franchise Business
A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The ACTU says insecure work has grown to “crisis levels”. A Senate inquiry rehashed the same themes last year. Much of the academic literature is also toeing this line. Yet there is very little evidence that jobs are any less secure than they were decades ago.
Despite the popular wisdom, job insecurity is not growing in Australia
A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The ACTU says insecure work has grown to “crisis levels”. A Senate inquiry rehashed the same themes last year. Much of the academic literature is also toeing this line. Yet there is very little evidence that jobs are any less secure than they were decades ago.
Australian jobs aren't becoming less secure
A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The ACTU says insecure work has grown to "crisis levels". A Senate inquiry rehashed the same themes last year. Much of the academic literature is also toeing this line. Yet there is very little evidence that jobs are any less secure than they were decades ago.
Aussie jobs aren’t becoming less secure
A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The ACTU says insecure work has grown to “crisis levels”. A Senate inquiry rehashed the same themes last year. Much of the academic literature is also toeing this line. Yet there is very little evidence that jobs are any less secure than they were decades ago.
Australian jobs aren't becoming less secure
A common narrative nowadays is that standard, secure full-time work is a thing of the past thanks to increasing casual jobs, labour hire, temping and non-standard work contracts that side-step collective bargaining. The ACTU says insecure work has grown to “crisis levels”. A Senate inquiry rehashed the same themes last year. Much of the academic literature is also toeing this line. Yet there is very little evidence that jobs are any less secure than they were decades ago.
What the finance industry can tell us about what's holding back wages
Wage growth has fallen short of the official forecasts for an extraordinary eight consecutive budgets. Commonwealth budget papers, ABS wage price index [1] When asked what’s needed to actually get wage growth up in line with the repeated forecasts, prime minister Scott Morrison usually mentions productivity, and he is usually optimistic. He says the more that is produced per worker, the more can be paid per worker[2].
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