Employment intentions are at their lowest levels in at least a year, but businesses are not yet planning mass lay-offs and are expecting to pay workers more in a bid to retain the staff they do have.

Young Australians will be given a boost to gain work in the growing technology sector as part of a new training program.

An extra 22,000 Australians entered 2024 without a job, with the latest figures showing unemployment rate has jumped above 4 per cent for the first time in two years.

​Australia has a chance to keep the gains in the jobs market generated by the pandemic recovery, Treasury says, provided it plays its cards right.

The Albanese Government is announcing a new Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program (RJED) that will help close the gap in employment outcomes by creating 3,000 jobs in remote Australia.

Australian employees' intent to stay with their employer increased to 37.8 per cent from 35.4 per cent in Q3 of 2023, while overall business confidence increased for the first time in 2023 to reach 43.1 per cent, according to a Gartner survey.

Laws agreed by Labor, Greens and David Pocock allows casuals to more easily apply to become permanent and may increase pay in gig economy

A quarter of a million Australians will soon have access to minimum standards at work for the first time after the federal government secured the final vote needed to pass its latest industrial relations reforms.

Aussies are being offered a very enticing package to fill a labour shortage - including 'resort-style' living.

The Australian Parliament on Wednesday passed with unanimous support the reforms that introduce stronger measures to protect migrant workers from exploitation.