Nina Hendy is a business and finance journalist.
It feels like we’re all working hard for the salary we take home, so why do we keep hearing about a productivity slump?
No longer a last resort reserved for business restructures, redundancies are now a regular feature of the employment landscape.
The percentage of men still living with their parents in their late 20s is up 50 per cent in 20 years. For women of the same age, it’s nearly doubled.
Jobs platforms are being inundated with fake job ads generated by artificial intelligence, costing jobseekers time and money.
Apartment and house rentals aren’t insured the same way. Here’s why.
Entry-level and graduate roles are at their lowest levels in a decade, spurring concerns about AI’s impact on young workers’ development.
Workers worried about their superannuation’s performance have been urged to stay the course despite market jitters caused by the Iran war.
A growing number of Australians are putting off retirement as costs rise, with research showing millions will be unable to retire once they turn 67.
Some of the rising costs are obvious – like housing – but others are harder to spot, and could risk putting the country in recession by the end of the year.
It’s been dubbed one of the most positive reforms for working Australians in decades, but 80 per cent of workers have no idea it’s happening.