Women have made no significant gains in their representation among ASX 200 companies or in key executive positions over the last eight years concludes new research by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
Reports of the death of manufacturing have been greatly exaggerated, believes Ian Murray, executive director of the Australian Institute of Export (AIEx), citing advanced manufacturers Cochlear and Resmed as examples of companies that still produce in Australia, during yesterday’s panel session of the AIEx’s ‘Managing your export business in a turbulent global environment’ conference. Panellist […]
With the sacking of 1850 Pacific Brands workers, the manufacturing industry is suffering and small businesses are the worst affected according to trade and industry consultant Martin Feil. According to Feil, federal and state manufacturing policy should place more emphasis on small business, as its current focus is on big business. “We’ve got hundreds of […]
Critics have labelled the payouts of Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo and Pacific Brands chief executive Sue Morphet as ‘greedy’ ‘obscene’ and a ‘corporate crime.’ After announcing he would leave Telstra in June, Sol Trujillo has received a $30 million golden handshake, despite the sacking of thousands in his time at the top. This follows news […]
On the back of news that Pacific Brands will axe 1,850 jobs, phone companies Nokia and Vodafone and property developer Lend Lease have announced plans to shelve thousands of jobs, the latest companies to fall victim to the economic crisis. Lend Lease yesterday announced plans to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide, with 20 percent of the […]
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