Australia isn’t quite facing the “Great Resignation” like America,but with the labour market growing tighter wages could be set to climb as employers fight to lure back workers.
Australia's biggest employers are forecasting an investment surge to create 500,000 jobs in a bid for a permanent tax break in the October budget to speed up the recovery from recession.
The business lobby wants the JobKeeper program extended beyond September for hard-hit industries,while calling for a permanent rise to the unemployment benefit.
The corporate lobby,now presided over by former MYOB chief Tim Reed,has lost six members this year.
Tech industry veteran Tim Reed has hinted at a conciliatory approach to Canberra as he was tapped to replace Grant King at the helm of the business lobby group.
The frontrunner to lead the nation's peak business lobby has urged companies to keep trading with China.
The outgoing chief executive of MYOB is well placed to bring the Business Council of Australia back to the centre of decision making.
The peak business group has been trying to find someone to replace its outgoing president without success for some time.
Lord Mayor Sally Capp doesn’t plan to leave Melbourne’s Town Hall gig anytime soon. And now she’s got the address to prove it.
The long search for the BCA's next president may be over,CBD has been told.
The change of leadership comes three months after private equity firm KKR bought the business for $1.6bn.