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• Business confidence at two-year high - Australia

  Business confidence among small-to-medium sized companies (SMEs) has surged to levels not seen since just before the onset of the global credit crunch, a survey says. The Sensis business index found business confidence jumped 20 percentage points in the ...

• Reward Vs Recognition

  Publication: Human Capital Magazine Date: February 2009 Excerpt: Adrian Finlayson, CEO of R&R experts Accumulate, says that not only are non-cash benefits catching on, but they will also dominate the R&R and incentive market for the next 5–1...

• The effectiveness of incentive programs in times of recession

  The following five points are fundamental reasons why incentive programs, unlike other sales and marketing strategies, withstand economic downturns and retain their overall effectiveness: Low fixed costs, variable costs driven by performance, high p...

• Job Losses Weigh on Recovery

    Employers cut jobs in August at the slowest pace in a year, but a jump in the unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.7% reinforced worries that a weak labor market could weigh on consumer spending and the vigor of the economic recovery. Non-farm pa...

• Wake up call: Few employers are ready for the r2r and time is running out

    The Federal Government has overhauled the industrial relations system and introduced 10 National Employment Standards through the Fair Work Act 2009. One of these Standards is the "Right to Request Flexibility" (r2r), which will commence on 1 January...

• Disgruntled employees a ticking timebomb

  Sydney, Australia – Wednesday 26 August 2009 – The global financial crisis has had a severe and divisive impact on the sentiment of the workforce in Australia and New Zealand according to extensive research released today by Hudson, a leading provid...

• Absenteeism: The hidden KPI

    Despite continuing cost-containment efforts by HR, absenteeism in Australian organisations is a critical, costly, but often neglected area of company operations. "The trouble is non attendance thrives on neglect. Many companies are not managing this ...

• Employer confidence resurfaces but HR experts urge caution: Hudson Report

  Sydney, Australia – Wednesday 24 June 2009 – Confidence amongst Australian employers has risen for the first time since March 2008, reversing five consecutive quarters of falling sentiment, according to the latest Hudson Report: Employment Expectati...