OTR to pay $5.8m to avoid more wage theft claims

OTR to pay $5.8m to avoid more wage theft claims

I first heard about OTR’s dubious training scheme in Adelaide back in 2014. Federal court documents reveal OTR agreed to pay $5.8 million dollars to settle a class action involving accusations it underpaid staff across South Australia between 2014 and 2020. The class...
White-Collar professionals stuck in contract roles

White-Collar professionals stuck in contract roles

While this is from Forbes magazine in the USA, there is a trend in Australia of recent graduates and highly experienced, well-credentialed workers, getting stuck in a cycle of short-term, contract roles. Freelancers are now a major force in the United States...
Bring back the CES and scrap shonky job agencies

Bring back the CES and scrap shonky job agencies

As a resume writer and employment expert, I hear hundreds of stories of clients being forced to do ridiculous training so their job agencies profit. Big questions remain if the privatised employment network gives a good return on taxpayer money or indeed, whether the...
No skills or labour shortage – use older workers

No skills or labour shortage – use older workers

As an Adelaide resume writer, I have strong and evidence-based research on the labour market. It’s gratifying to have someone in a senior research position agree with me. Professor John Buchanan, a labour economist at the University of Sydney, said the ABS figures on...