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How Australia plans to connect 600,000 skilled foreign workers and the industries desperate for them
02 Feb 2025 23:13 GMT
… – are working in a job below their qualified skill level … as employers across the economy are struggling to find skilled workers.
… the view of the Master Builders Association chief executive, Denita … Giles, for comment on Labor’s position on the campaign …
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Builders push for limits on CFMEU wage-bargaining powers
02 Feb 2025 19:09 GMT
Construction employers will make a push for stricter “fit and proper” tests for union officials, restrict the CFMEU from negotiating pay deals for civil projects and remove limits on the use of independent contractors in the fallout of the CFMEU …
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Foreign workers flood Iraq: A threat to local jobs
02 Feb 2025 11:36 GMT
… meals, and foreign
master builders require fewer workers to complete tasks, reducing … a
preference for office jobs over manual labor and certain attitudes and … requiring foreign companies to employ 50% local
labor in their projects and …
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Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers
02 Feb 2025 06:14 GMT
… years of tussle between the “builders and the blockers”, as … -term issue within construction employment that needs to be … was some transition of skilled workers from the preceding Crossrail … skills gap’”.
Acknowledging the labour issue, Reeves told Times …
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Why Workers and Employers Are Loving Coworking Spaces
31 Jan 2025 14:56 GMT
… businesses, nonprofits, journalists, lawyers, accountants, builders, filmmakers, you name it.”
Niche …
How Employers Benefit
It’s not just freelancers and hybrid workers who … discovering that flexible working boosts employee happiness and satisfaction while …
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Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Teaching Job Cover Letter
31 Jan 2025 11:00 GMT
… Adobe that feature cover letter builders and templates that will help … study showed that 42% of employers would automatically reject a candidate … a few similarities especially where job application processes are involved. If …
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Luxury yacht maker sparks outrage after controversial decision: 'Treating its workers like the worst Victorian industrialists'
31 Jan 2025 07:57 GMT
… builders Sunseeker announced that they were temporarily laying off over 100 workers … in December, out of the 2,000 they employ … non-monetary benefits from employment during their time away … after declaring bankruptcy, leaving employees in the lurch. And …
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Forgotten Muslim builders gave medieval Europe its iconic architecture
30 Jan 2025 21:49 GMT
Notre Dame Cathedral. Westminster Abbey. Lisbon Cathedral. The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
All are architectural wonders and illustrious examples of the Romanesque style of architecture, which blossomed in Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries. While all these …
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Half a million more workers will be needed to meet US’ construction needs
30 Jan 2025 20:03 GMT
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a … that if the labour gap is not closed, employment costs will increase … Bureau of Labour Statistics, and assumes that 3,550 jobs are … this model overly conservative, meaning worker shortages could be more severe …
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Sweeping Trump changes could render First Amendment labor challenge in Sixth Circuit moot
30 Jan 2025 17:59 GMT
… Sixth Circuit moot.
The Associated Builders & Contractors Inc. of Michigan … the National Labor Relations Act to favor unions instead of employers.
“Abruzzo … ’s attempt to overhaul federal labor law has …