Tag: Australia
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The remote work necessitated by COVID may be here to stay in five English-speaking countries from Australia to the United States. That’s the conclusion from a study of 250 million online job ads – nearly half of them in this country. The number of postings in January that offered remote work for one or more days per…
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The brief’s key findings are: Australia’s retirement system has two key components: a means-tested government benefit and a mandatory savings account financed by employers. The government benefit provides a basic income, and about three quarters of retirees qualify. The savings accounts require employer contributions of 9 percent of pay for each worker, rising to 12…