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Nearly half of Australian workers say pay fails to match costs

Nearly half of Australian workers feel their wages aren't keeping up with living costs, as job insecurity and burnout rise, ELMO Software reveals.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 7th May 2025

Risk & Compliance

Deputy unveils Pay Rate Builder to tackle wage compliance

A new compliance law in Australia criminalises intentional wage theft, leading Deputy to unveil the Pay Rate Builder to help businesses enhance payroll operations.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Mar 2025

Randstad

High AI wages & gender gap in Australia, reveals Randstad study

Australia is among the top three countries paying premium wages for AI skills, however, men still dominate with 81% of the workforce, reveals a Randstad study.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 8th May 2024

Human Capital Management

Exclusive: How Advanced is helping businesses solve wage theft

In an interview with Adam Bowles, Country Director for Australia at Advanced, he reveals how technology tackles wage theft complexities in Australian businesses.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Mon, 11th Dec 2023

Human Capital Management

Humanforce acquires on-demand pay provider Wagestream

Humanforce, a global provider of workforce management solutions, has acquired Wagestream, Australia's largest on-demand pay provider.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Feb 2023

Fintech

Xero reveals slowdown in Australian small businesses

The Xero Small Business Index fell three points in November to 116 points, driven by a slowdown across three sub-metrics.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Thu, 22nd Dec 2022

Fintech

Xero reveals slowdown in Australian small businesses

The Xero Small Business Index fell three points in November to 116 points, driven by a slowdown across three sub-metrics.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Dec 2022

Accounts payable

Salary satisfaction for Australian IT workers plummets as 75% ask for pay rises

The research, which surveyed over 3,000 employers and employees from across Australia, found three in every four IT workers were planning to ask for a pay rise.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2020

Global Stories

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Marketing Technologies

NZ jobs grow but hours, tech roles & pay all slide

NZ adds more jobs but works fewer hours as high-paid tech roles, casual shifts and young workers' pay all slide, new data shows.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026

Financial Systems

Global wage inflation for IT TSPs set to improve in 2025

Service Leadership's latest report forecasts significant improvements in wage inflation for IT solution providers in 2025, following a stagnant 2023.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Dec 2024

Data Analytics

Xero reveals declining Australian small business performance

The Index fell 13 points in October to 115 points, driven by four sub-metrics: sales, wages, jobs, and time to be paid.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Wed, 30th Nov 2022

Fintech

MYOB reveals gender wage gap in SMEs across Australia and NZ

The gender wage gap among employees of SMEs is sitting at 7.5% in favour of men, when comparing median hourly wages.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Sep 2022

Fintech

Fintech software allows employees to access wages before payday

Paytime is a tech platform that plugs into payroll software allowing employees to access a portion of their earned pay before payday.

By Jessie Chiang • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Jul 2022

Data Analytics

Three years to afford an iPhone? New global data reveals how long it could take you

The affordability of the latest iPhone model has been put to the test in a new global study, and New Zealanders may have to start saving their pennies.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Fri, 4th Feb 2022

Stories from Other Regions

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Hybrid & Remote Work

Money now outweighs health as key to UK life satisfaction

Money has overtaken health, time and relationships as the main driver of life satisfaction in the UK, new research from Intuit shows.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Fri, 16th Jan 2026

Supply Chain

Singapore investors bullish on markets, wary at home

Singapore retail investors back the global bull run into 2026 even as confidence at home in jobs, economy and living costs erodes.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026

Digital Transformation

AI, flexibility & friction reshape New Zealand jobs in 2026

New Zealand enters 2026 with rising job confidence but clunky hiring, AI gaps and demands for flexibility are reshaping work and recruitment.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Tue, 16th Dec 2025

Small Business

Keeping the lights on through the Holiday period

As liquidation rises 31.9%, NZ small businesses face a tough holiday battle for staff, cashflow and compliance to keep operations thriving beyond survival mode.

By Neil Webster • 4 min read • Fri, 17th Oct 2025