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Metcash, owner of IGA supermarkets and Australia’s largest independent grocery and liquor wholesaler, will acquire the Franklins supermarket chain for $215 million.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today announced new law to offer greater protection to consumers in the coming financial year.

Social media has jumped to the top of the priorities list for Australian-based contact centre managers as companies look forward towards the new financial year

Members of superannuation funds can breath a sigh of relief, with financial year returns back in the black for the first time in three years.

Lifeline’s annual stress poll has revealed that Australians are more stressed than ever before, with 2010 figures up on their 2009 counterparts.

Standard Business Reporting (SBR) is open for business today, offering an easy electronic way lodge forms and reports to participating government agencies.

National job vacancies have fallen by 3.1 per cent during the month of June, as employers are waiting until after the federal election to recruit.

It amazes me how many horror stories emerge about the things employees publish about their workplace online, but I think there’s a lesson for all of us in there about protecting our digital brand.

Dairy products company National Foods has announced plans to shut down manufacturing operations at both its Wetherill Park (NSW) and Cobden (VIC) sites.

Virgin Blue Chief Executive John Borghetti has signaled his intention to bring V Australia under Virgin Blue’s management and operations structure in a memo to staff yesterday.

Australian companies are looking to project professionals to compensate for the lack of in-house staff created by the GFC, according to a new national survey out today.

More Australians are facing underemployment than unemployment in the wake of the GFC, with women hit the hardest, new ABS statistics have found.

Franchisor Seal-A-Fridge Pty Ltd has been found to have engaged in unconscionable conduct towards its franchisees the Federal Court, Brisbane has found.

New home price growth has collapsed across Australia in May, with annualised capital growth rates on existing housing in their second month of single digit growth.

Australian companies are ensuring they have strong leadership for the new financial year, with evaluations of CEOs increasing, a leading recruitment agency finds.

Job vacancies fell in May by 2.8 percent from February to 164,600 in the latest ABS data, with public sector vacancies collapsing 12.3 percent over the same period.

A growing number of Australians feel comfortable working from home in their pyjamas or out of the office and on the move, a new survey has found.

Heat Group is advising other Australian employers to fight spurious workplace claims, after a workplace discrimination case against the company was dismissed yesterday.

Australian companies are becoming concerned about the impact of potential alternatives to the Federal Government’s CPR Scheme, according to a new survey.

NSW Labor under the leadership of Premier Kristina Keneally is polling worse than when former Premier Nathan Rees was pushed from the job in December last year.