MELBOURNE, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Mining is facing a major shortage of the digital skills it needs, and must step up or lose out to the "cool kids" of Google and Amazon, a BHP Group executive said on Thursday.

New research has found that staff on a four-day work week are more productive, with companies which took part in the experiment seeing their revenue dramatically increase.

The passage of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill this week will be followed in 2023 by more industrial relations changes as the government seeks to close “loopholes.”

The departure of over-qualified Pacific Island nurses who are taking up aged care jobs in countries such as Australia has experts concerned the "brain drain" is leaving critical gaps in the region's healthcare systems.  

Food delivery company Menulog has announced job cuts just a week after rival Deliveroo went into administration in Australia, and grocery delivery company Voly shut down.

Workplace coach and Hello Coach chief executive officer Victoria Mills said executives would be better off spending their money on strategies such as increasing the number of annual, sick leave or maternity leave days or other incentives such as bonuses.

There aren't enough welders to create the infrastructure for green energy in Australia, according to industry body Weld Australia.

SYDNEY, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Australia's jobless rate matched five-decade lows in October as employment climbed by double market forecasts, a sign it will take further increases in interest rates to loosen the drum-tight labour market.

Deliveroo has entered administration, leaving 15,000 local riders — and the thousands of restaurants that used them — in need of new work and a new service to move food.

Australian business owners are yet to see an improvement to the labour shortage issue, and some believe it has worsened, new NAB research shows.

Ineffective migration policies are hobbling Australia’s ability to build the skilled cyber security workforce it needs, according to an AustCyber analysis warning that Australia’s market lags international peers and faces a shortfall of 3000 cyber workers

The Department of Home Affairs says it has abandoned the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) in favour of a refreshed visa processing system, after the reported removal of tech and cybersecurity occupations from the list caused concern amon

A New South Wales aged care organisation has reached a unique agreement with the federal government to help address severe staff shortages, which it says could become a model for other businesses struggling to find workers.

The Reserve Bank’s focus would shift from fighting inflation to ensuring every person who wanted a job could have one under a proposal from the ACTU that has accused the institution of adding to Australia’s cost-of-living crisis.

Caring for children remains the largest barrier to female participation in the labour force, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Mount Gambier has held itsfirst jobs and skills showcase at City Hall, in an effort to help tackle skills shortages plaguing the region.

Backpackers on working holiday maker visas have beena crucial sourceof farm labour for decades, alongside smaller numbers of temporary migrants from the Pacific Islands, international students, and Australians.

Like many industries, the aquaculture sector is facing a workforce shortage in regional South Australia compounded by a lack of accommodation for staff.

People on the national disability insurance scheme who want to work will be connected with a disability employment services provider under a trial to be established by the Albanese government.

A recurring theme on these pages from myself and other transport industry groups in recent times has been the challenges of chronic labour shortages and their impact on already stressed supply chains, and the operators tasked with keeping them functioning