July
Who are the highest paid ASX 200 CEOs?
New research shows that ASX 100 CEOs earn on average 50 times more than the average Australian adult.
- Hannah Wootton
Uber cuts prices – but also pay rates for drivers
The company is expected to pull prices back by up to 5 per cent despite rising costs of insurance and fuel.
- Nick Bonyhady
June
Meet the most expensive lawyer in Australia
Tax specialist Mark Robertson, KC, is in a league of his own, charging $6250 an hour and $50,000 for an eight-hour day.
- Michael Pelly
- Exclusive
- Productivity
Why KPMG sees silver lining to 5pc jobless rate
The big four firm says there is no “productivity crisis” and recent lacklustre results can be explained by the workforce shake-up caused by the pandemic.
- Ronald Mizen
‘My graduate job starting salary was $343,000 – here’s why’
Some law and investment banking firms in Britain are paying graduates in their early 20s enormous salaries. The financial rewards are vast but come at a big cost.
- Kimberley Bond
Union push to raise teen pay by up to 42pc
The retail and fast-food workers’ union says 18- and 19-year-olds can drink, vote and join the army so they should be paid the same as people aged 20 and older.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
May
Study shows pay gaps between tech’s big names and the rest
A new study shows a stark difference in pay at newer tech stars like Atlassian and Canva, compared to public sector and other tech company specialists.
- Paul Smith
April
ASIC chairman ‘very disturbed’ about CBA’s bonus move
Joe Longo said he had raised concerns about CBA’s breach of bonus caps directly with the bank’s chairman Paul O’Malley and urged the bank to reconsider.
- James Eyers and Lucas Baird
CBA dumps bonus limits to fight Macquarie on mortgages
The bank will dump bonus caps agreed in the shadow of the Hayne royal commission as it tries to stem market share losses to rival Macquarie.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Opinion
Musk wants $87b. Tesla’s Aussie chair is defying a court to help him
Robyn Denholm is asking investors to over-rule a judge who cancelled the biggest pay package in history for an AWOL chief executive.
- Aaron Patrick
- Updated
- Employment
Business collapses hit record, jobs market stays strong
The slowing economy pushed a record number of businesses into insolvency last month, but just 6600 people lost their job, suggesting smaller firms were hit hardest.
- Ronald Mizen
McKinsey offers staff nine months’ pay to leave
The management-consulting firm is dangling the pay, along with career-coaching services and other resources, to some UK staff who would like to leave.
- Matthew Boyle
March
Government contracts on the line if gender targets not met
Companies like BAE Systems, Microsoft, SAP and the big consulting firms stand to lose billions in government contracts if they can’t prove they’re meeting targets.
- Hannah Wootton
Pay rises stall for tech workers
New data shows tech salaries have stalled, with recruiters saying the talent has unrealistic expectations about maintaining boom-time salaries in Australia.
- Tess Bennett
‘I can only fail to where I am now’: How the worst-case scenario led to the perfect career
Check out the latest post in our fortnightly AFR series featuring professionals who have made a big career leap into the unknown.
- Tess Bennett
Wall St’s average 2023 bonus slips to $270,300
The 2 per cent decline from 2022 reflects a more conservative approach to paying bonuses and an increase in the number of people working in the industry.
- Timothy Moore
Why boosting women pilots will be a ‘decades-long’ project
Women make up just one in nine new pilots graduating each year, stalling efforts to bring down the sector’s high pay gaps.
- Hannah Wootton
‘Absolutely nonsense’: Super funds slam investment banker pay gaps
Investment banks claim it will take a long time to fix mammoth gender pay gaps, blaming systemic factors, but super funds show it can be done quickly, CEOs say.
- Hannah Wootton
‘A bloody disgrace’: AFR readers demand companies reduce pay gaps
Nearly 70 per cent of readers also said that men taking on more domestic duties would enable women to take on higher paying roles and help reduce the gap.
- Hannah Wootton
Qantas pushes for 40pc female cadet pilot intake within four years
The dominance of men in lucrative pilot jobs globally is pushing some Australian airlines’ gender pay gaps as high as 53.5 per cent, prompting promises of change.
- Hannah Wootton
