Economic

08/12/2026

Victoria keeps work-from-home law as Carroll drops overhaul

Victorian employers have until 1 September 2026 to build compliant remote-work assessment processes, and the window is shorter than the calendar suggests. Premier Ben Carroll confirmed the state will proceed with amendments to the Equal ...

08/10/2026

7 min

What 432,300 bridging-visa workers should do this month

A record 432,300 people are currently in Australia on a bridging visa, and in late July 2026 Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke quietly rewired the queue they are standing in. A new ministerial direction tells Department of Home Affairs case ...

08/03/2026

9 min

ATO bracket creep and HECS fears: one in five workers skips the pay rise

One in five Australian workers is passing on a pay rise before they even ask for one. Research by Money.com.au, reported by HCA Magazine, found that 20% of Australians are not requesting higher pay, citing concerns that a larger salary will be ...

08/03/2026

6 min

ABS job mobility at 7.2%: the hidden cost for Australian workers and HR

Just over one million Australians changed employer or business in the year to February 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). That puts the national job mobility rate at 7.2%, down from 7.7% a year earlier, continuing a ...

08/03/2026

7 min

Australia's rostering gap: FWO award rules and 67% of frontline workers who nearly quit

Two in three frontline workers across Australia have thought about quitting because of how their shifts are managed. Not the job itself, not the pay rate, not the commute. The roster. Research from Dayforce into ANZ frontline workplaces puts the ...

07/31/2026

8 min

ABS wage benchmarks and WTW data reveal Australia's two-tier pay outlook

If your next pay review lands around 3%, you are not being singled out. You are being averaged. WTW's Salary Budget Planning Report projects average salary increase budgets for US employers in 2027 at 3.4%, barely a hair below the 3.5% actually ...

07/27/2026

8 min

Remote work's isolation cost: what the Science study means for Australian workers

You started working from home loving it. The commute disappeared, the washing got done, and the dog was thrilled. Then one Wednesday you realised you hadn't spoken to another person out loud since Monday evening. The Slack messages didn't count. ...

07/22/2026

7 min

Victorian AI hiring laws set a national compliance benchmark for HR

Victoria's state Labor government has put AI hiring tools and workplace surveillance software squarely in the regulatory crosshairs, announcing a package of reforms it says would give the state the toughest worker-monitoring protections in the ...

07/20/2026

6 min

Employment Hero data shows youth wages at 7.6% as FWC floor resets

Wages for Australian SMB workers aged 18 to 24 rose 7.6% year on year in June, the fastest growth of any age cohort, according to payroll data from Employment Hero, which covers more than 23,000 businesses and 1.7 million employees nationally. ...

07/09/2026

6 min

FWC backs refusals as Victoria's WFH bill reshapes employer obligations

Two developments in Australian workplace law landed within weeks of each other in mid-2026, and the tension between them has direct implications for how HR teams document, communicate, and defend flexible-work decisions. The Fair Work Commission ...

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