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#Employment Confidence
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SMBs rattled by poor spending, but not ready to shut up shop
Poor consumer spending remains a concern for many small and medium businesses, but a new Sensis report has found fewer SMB owners plan to sell or close their business now compared with six months ago.
Lorna Brett · 2 min
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Part-time employees to save employers’ bacon in 2011
Employment figures are biting back in the lead up to the new year with employment rising to pre GFC levels, with part time employees set to save employers’ bacon in 2011.
Paul Hayman · 2 min
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Employers fired too many employees during GFC: Hudson
The majority of Australian and New Zealand employers feel they were forced to make too many redundancies during the GFC which they now regret, according to research from Hudson.
David Olsen · 2 min
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Employer confidence highest since 2008
Australian employer confidence has increased to its highest levels since July 2008, with employer hiring intentions for the next quarter up 3.4 percent.
David Olsen · 2 min