Workers can expect stronger wage growth over the next two years as the federal government looks to drive unemployment to near 50-year lows, with economists predicting even a surge of skilled migrants won’t cool the jobs market.
"I hope that we’ll look back in years to come at the decision not to extend paid superannuation to parental leave as one of those anachronisms of the bygone era."
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The University of New South Wales Social Policy Research Centre on Tuesday released a report based on a survey of 6469 Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association members.