Professional Services

Hays Quarterly Report on jobs: If you’d like to know which skills are in demand, or what recruiting, salary or candidate trends are impacting your sector, Hays Quarterly Report has the answers. The report is a guide to current hotspots of recruitment activity and trends and is updated each quarter to reflect changing market conditions.

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Financial Services

Paul Howes’ super comments: Superannuation is on the national agenda with comments from all quarters on the Government’s draft legislation. Last week we featured The Grattan Institute - see http://bit.ly/2cGVJ4A.  This week we look at comments from KPMG’s Paul Howes. 

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Economy & Markets

What’s in store for retail? Deloitte Access Economics has issued its latest quarterly retail forecast.  Essential reading for anyone working in the sector, the report says the June quarter was modest with real turnover slipping below 0.5% for the first time since 2012. It highlights the effects of Brexit, RBA interest rate cuts and the recent federal election on the sector.   

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Matter of Opinion

Managing Mental Health in the Workplace

The management of mental health in the workplace is a complex area and one that clients tell us is at the top of their list of challenges and is of increasing concern. In addition to the legal risks, there are the practical difficulties that come with managing people who are genuinely not well, or not attending work or not responding to reasonable requests. 

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Expert of the week

Charlie Viola is a partner of wealth management at Pitcher Partners. Charlie advises high networth individuals and listed companies on investment management, retirement planning, employee share schemes and redundancy. Contact +61 2 8236 7798.