Long Term Employment Trends
Recruitment and workforce related decisions have always been key decisions for businesses. The continuing changes in local and global economies means these decisions become even more important. The ability to identify the right employees and subsequently keep them can avoid considerable costs, effort and frustration. So what are the long term employment trends in Australia? With the retirement age progressively being increased by the Australian government and greater use of temporary employees, the Australian workforce dynamics continue to evolve. One of Australia’s leading, and at times controversial, journalist recently covered this topic and we believe these trends are having and will continue to have impacts on workers compensation.
We talk with businesses of all sizes across industries and many decide not to invest in pre-employment assessments or medicals before hiring employees.
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A recent paper commissioned by Safe Work Australia confirms businesses that invest in workplace safety receive cost and productivity benefits that provide a positive Return on Investment (ROI).
December is the second largest workers compensation renewal period in NSW and in light of the today’s 2015 NSW Scheme Agent Deed changes, impacted businesses may want to choose which insurer manages their critical workers compensation insurance. Now could also be a perfect time for a proactive workers compensation review to ensure you have the best deal.
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