Can we expect a payrise this year?

It's pay rise season but what does the current tough economic climate mean for those of us who think we deserve a raise?

How to secure your future

If you're prepared for the worst that can happen, losing your job won't be the end of the world.

How much do your co-workers earn?

Workers disadvantaged by no discussion of pay comparison rule.

Salary research for post grad…

Research shows salaries have increased for those with post grad qualifications getting their first job.

Video: How to ask for a payrise

When do you ask for payrise and how do you go about doing it? In this video find out the best strategy to get that payrise.

Stay calm for a nice tax refund

Tax time can be stressful for both employees and business owners, but a little bit of discipline during the financial year can reduce the panic on June 30. CEO of accountantsRus Adrian Raftery...

Salary surveys

Check out Hays 2009 salary survey for Australia and New Zealand.

Easy ways to reduce tax

Smart money management involves both sides of the ledger - maximising the money coming in, as well as reducing money going out. This includes looking at legitimate ways to reduce the money we pay...

Tomorrow never comes for…

Most Australians acknowledge the advantages of extra superannuation contributions but are reluctant to make them, ING Research finds. About 83 per cent of respondents to ING surveys in 2006 and...

Super payment changes

From July 1 2008 employers must use ordinary-time earnings to calculate employees' super guarantee contributions. The tax office says while most employers are already doing this, some are using...

Filing your tax return online

The Australian Tax Department has further developed its e-tax offering with the expansion of its "pre-filling" facility for those filing tax returns online. "Pre-filling" refers to the information

Migrant workers scoring top pay

Skilled temporary migrant workers are earning on average $15,000 more than their Australian counterparts, undermining trade union claims that the system is being abused to undercut local wages....

Pay excuses and current salary…

There is a lot of talk about salaries right now. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is leading the charge with a pay freeze for MPs and a call for Australia's top executives to sacrifice their hefty...

Experts provide pay rise tips

Davidson Recruitment chief executive officer Rob Davidson said putting in the time to prepare negotiation strategies and well thought-out arguments was essential to the negotiation process. "As a...

Secret salary is a turn off

Employers are not doing themselves any favours by keeping salaries secret when advertising jobs, a survey reveals. The survey, done by career-networking site LinkMe.com.au, found that 85 per cent...

Pay rise update

It's the time of year when our thoughts turn to pay rises in readiness for the new financial year on July 1. So what should you do? Hope for the best? Flatter or threaten the boss? No, read my...

Pay disappointment

It appears the new financial year has brought mixed fortunes. A few of you missed out, a couple have questioned their pay rise of 3 per cent and one person was crushed with a pay rise of 6 per...

Salary research

I've received a lot of salary questions since New Year. I'm afraid I don't have lists on my desk covering all the roles I get asked about so you'll have to do your own research. I can tell you...

Annual leave

Robyn's employer is closing the office over Christmas and has directed employees to take holiday leave. Warren's manager says he has way too much accumulated leave (7.5 weeks) and "must" take...

Salary frustration 1

Yvonne wants to see salaries on job ads, which echoes what I've heard from many other Ask Kate readers. She writes: "It should be mandatory for a company to publicise the approximate salary for...

Salary frustration 2

Last week "Yvonne" related her daughter's experience of going through two rounds of interviews without being told the salary for the role she was interviewed for. The salary was finally revealed...

Avoid tripping up over holiday leave

If you are thinking about booking that last-minute trip over the Christmas holiday period, it is worthwhile checking in with your boss to make sure you can get the time off. Link Recruitment...

Keep staff happy through rewards

Employers are increasingly offering their workers incentives and performance-based rewards in a bid to retain their services. The ease and fluidity with which employees can move from jobs has...

New perks to keep the workers loyal

With the economy running at full steam and a tight labour market, businesses are having to find increasingly innovative and creative ways to find and keep staff. Reports in recent weeks have...

Staff paid to go on holiday for a…

Retaining staff has become so difficult in a tight job market that one major bank is offering staff a "work four years, take the fifth as a paid holiday". St George Bank yesterday announced the...

Raise wages ‘or staff will…

Not all professionals are receiving pay rises Some employees only receive a rise if they ask Employers risk losing staff in a tight market EMPLOYERS unwilling to give staff regular salary...

Incentives & bonuses key to…

Increased incentives are being offered to technology professionals, and bonuses will rise by as much as 20 per cent as employers try to retain key staff, the Michael Page Technology Salary Survey.

Pay rises most in Queensland

Large Queensland-based companies are predicted to offer the highest salary increase of all states in 2007/2008, according to an Australian Institute of Management survey. AIM's National Salary...

How to cure the sickie culture

LAST year, one in five employees took a sickie, according to a poll by staff management consultants Onetest. Nationally, this has cost $2 billion in the private sector and $5 billion in the public

Bosses offer free drinks to lure…

FREE alcohol, cash up front and even fruit are being used by employers desperate to beat the state's tight labour market. One employer even booked out a Brisbane city bar and offered free drinks...