Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe addressing a forum on wages and productivity.
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Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has effectively ruled out an interest rate rise until wage growth tops 3%.
A new study calls for additional support from government, employers and the medical profession for cancer survivors wanting to return to work.
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Australia loses nearly A$2 billion of GDP every year due to people with cancer leaving the workforce.
The Five Star Movement’s Luigi Di Maio and founder Beppe Grillo won big in the March 4 elections.
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Italy has stagnated for more than two decades, yet its politicians seem hardly aware of the source of the problem, let alone how to fix it.
Employers can encourage employees to be more active through office design.
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Research shows that corporate wellness programs don’t really work. If companies want to boost employee health they should consider designing the workplace to encourage the right behaviour.
In Australia, wage growth is lagging productivity growth across most sectors of the economy.
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The productivity gains businesses get some automating some jobs, aren’t being passed on to workers in higher wages, evidence shows.
Coaching means many things, from simply listening to staff, to helping them set personal goals.
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Research shows that coaching employees makes them feel valued and empowered, and builds better relationships with management.
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There are different measures of productivity and the nature of the UK’s problem depends on which one we are looking at.
Is the rapid increase in research actually paying off?
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Academics argue that increasing amounts of R&D isn’t translating into greater productivity. But the problem may lay elsewhere in the economy.
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Worries about the loss of low-skilled labour risk obscuring a genuine flaw in the UK economy at the upper end of the scale.
Music and work don’t always mix.
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Listening to your favourite album might not be the best idea if you’ve got something to do.
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The development of robots’ capacities and their increasing presence in companies isn’t just a matter of technology. It also profoundly changes the strategies, structures and human skills required.
The Productivity Commission has recommended sweeping changes to how infrastructure is governed.
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The Productivity Commission has released a mammoth report summarising several years worth of reccomendations.
Healthcare is becoming increasingly important in a services-led economy.
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Australia is increasingly a services-led economy. The health sector is not only a big employer, but health care is an important factor in worker productivity.
Where are the benefits from all that hard work?
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Workers are more productive than ever and earning the same amount. So shouldn’t they be working less?
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Employees increasingly want jobs that they care about and find fulfilling. Buddhism can help companies make this a reality.
If people want commodities like: love, company, doing tasks together, they are better off if marriage is permitted.
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It’s better for the economy for more people to be married because of productivity and efficiency gains. This whole framework doesn’t require people to be of the same or different sex.
True identity.
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There are huge benefits for trans people – and society – when they change their outward appearance to reflect their gender identity.
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Historically, there have been numerous cultural manifestations of austerity that shed light on its enduring appeal.
The Paul Klee Centre in Bern, Switzerland, looks great, but where are the people?
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By putting the users of buildings – people – at the centre of the process of designing buildings and infrastructure, we can create healthier, more human-centred spaces.
The Treasury says we need to raise productivity growth.
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Spurring productivity growth requires innovation. Not just in products, but in our business models and management practices.