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How the World Views Temporary Work

Posted on March 18, 2014 by SDP in employment, temporary workers with Comments Disabled

Australians are the world’s most positive about temporary work

Temporary work by temporary professionals in Australia

 

According to a new study by Page Personnel, a global recruitment consultancy firm, employees in Australia have the most positive attitude towards temporary work across the 17 countries it surveyed.

The report is based on more than 13,000 responses from employers and professionals across the world, the Global Insights: How the World Views Temporary Employment and Interim Management.  It revealed  78.6% of professionals in Australia have a positive or very positive attitude towards temporary work.

Employers are generally confident about the value that temporary employment provides.  Positivity is greater in countries with longer practice of temporary employment; such as Australia, the UK and Canada were temporary employment has become accepted as a fact of working life. 
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Time to Break FREE….. from that Contractor Management Company going into voluntary administration – GLANCE this way, walk this way!

Posted on March 13, 2014 by SDP in contractors with Comments Disabled

Choosing the Right Contractor Management Company

Calling all contractors…

Contractors join SDP the contractor management company offering effective contractor solutions

  • Has your contractor management company gone into voluntary administration?
  • Are you experiencing late payments or even worse missing payments?
  • Are you unhappy with your current provider?

Don’t be pulled under with your contractor management company! It’s time to break FREE and GLANCE to a more stable contractor management provider.

This announcement comes as a large contractor management company has gone into voluntary administration due to immense financial difficulties, which has had a knock on affect to their contractor base; through lack of payments.   
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Higher hiring incentive for NSW Employers

Posted on March 10, 2014 by SDP in buinesses, Employers, employment with Comments Disabled
NSW government announced higher hiring incentive

NSW government announced higher hiring incentive

 

The NSW government has boosted a payroll tax rebate for businesses that employ workers laid off in mass redundancies.

The initiative was announced on Tuesday by Premier Barry O’Farrell  and Treasurer Mike Baird; explaining that the rebate will rise from $5,000 to $6,000 which would give businesses an extra incentive to hire laid-off workers.

The initiative comes as the latest job figures showed NSW’s relative strength in testing economic times but recent large-scale industry readjustments has left a number of workers without jobs.

Mr. O’Farrell stated that “any job loss is concerning, but it is particularly worrying when retrenchments cause significant disruption to a region, or when those jobs are in a specialised field where there are limited opportunities for re-employment”. 
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