Category Archives: Labour costs

Blogs in this category will analyse trends in labour costs published by various statistical agencies

Labour costs are not driving Australia’s competitiveness

Posted on Monday, June 24, 2013 by bill

Australia is caught in a bizarre warp at the moment. We have a national election in September and the incumbent Labor Party is heading for obliteration with the Party conducting an internal power struggle that defies description. The Prime Minister … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Labour costs | 7 Comments

No joy for Australia’s low paid workers

Posted on Monday, June 3, 2013 by bill

The Fair Work Commission, the Federal body entrusted with the task of determining Australia’s minimum wage handed down its – 2012-13 decision – today. The news was not good for more than 1.5 million workers (out of some 11.6 million) … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Labour costs | 12 Comments

Low pay workers dudded again in Australia

Posted on Monday, June 6, 2011 by bill

On Friday (June 3, 2011) Fair Work Australia which is the body that formally sets the minimum wage in Australia handed down its Annual Wage Review 2010-11 decision. The Minimum Wage Panel of FWA released its second Annual Wage Review … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Economics, Labour costs | 12 Comments

NAIRU mantra prevents good macroeconomic policy

Posted on Friday, November 19, 2010 by bill

Today I have been working with various datasets (labour costs, long-term unemployment) and this blog provides some interesting aspects of what is going on at present. The blog should also be seen in the context of a speech made yesterday … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Economics, Labour costs | 13 Comments

Full employment apparently equals 12.2 per cent labour wastage

Posted on Monday, July 19, 2010 by bill

There is an election campaign upon us in Australia now and one of the themes the government is developing by way of garnering credit for its policies is that Australia is operating at near full employment thanks to their economic … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Economics, Job Guarantee, Labour costs, Labour Force | 12 Comments

Federal minimum wage increase not generous enough

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2010 by bill

Today, Fair Work Australia, the new body that the incoming Labor government set up to replace the Fair Pay Commission, which the conservatives had crafted to cut real wages, released its first decision. The Minimum Wage Panel of FWA released … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Economics, Labour costs | 38 Comments

No wages breakout in Australia evident

Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 by bill

Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the Labour Price Index, Australia data for the March 2010 quarter and it shows that we are back on the path to suppressing real wages growth while productivity growth has picked up strongly. … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Economics, Labour costs | 16 Comments