Given the gargantuan sums borrowed and spent on JobKeeper,no one needed to be worse off. So why did the Morrison government exclude universities?
How will you remember 2020? That will depend on many things,but I suspect mostly your social class.
Victoria’s lockdown to stop the spread of COVID came at a price with jobs and wages falling across the country in early June.
ACOSS wants eligibility for federal disaster recovery payments to be expanded beyond victims of events such as fires and floods to include thousands of workers who lose paid work hours during shutdowns.
The week-long shutdown in Victoria is going to feel like an eternity for the hundreds of thousands of Victorians who will lose shifts and pay this week.
Trade Minister Dan Tehan said people who had lost their week of income because of Victoria’s lockdown should seek help from Centrelink.
A series of short-term lockdowns to deal with COVID outbreaks shows they have yet to cause lasting economic damage despite immediate pain.
Smaller businesses recorded the biggest hit to staffing levels as payroll jobs and wages fell after the end of the government’s $90 billion wage subsidy scheme.
Skilled events workers hit hard by the end of the JobKeeper wages subsidy may be permanently lost to the ailing sector,putting at risk its ability to recover from the pandemic.
Economists feared a drop in employment with the end of the JobKeeper subsidy,but the number of people needing support has actually fallen.
Australia’s minimum wage panel called for feedback on the delayed pay rises it awarded last year,attracting a rebuke from the trade unions.