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The big four Australian banks make up four of the top five workplaces on LinkedIn’s list of the 25 best workplaces for career growth in Australia 2022. The complete list of LinkedIn’s ‘Top 25 Companies to Grow Your Career in Australia’ for 2022: Commonwealth Bank Woolworths Group NAB Westpac Group ANZ Telstra WPP Salesforce DXC...

New Work Health and Safety rules came into effect on 31 March 2022. The Work Health and Safety Act 2020 provides a framework to protect the health, safety and welfare of workers (including volunteers) in WA workplaces, and other people who might be affected by the work. The new laws bring together WHS for general...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has received funding over 4 years through the federal budget to improve regional labour market statistics and update the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO). ANZSCO will be updated to ensure the future labour market is accurately reflected in how the ABS classifies occupations and labour...

The Case for Change for the Security review did not receive approval by the Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) at its meeting in February.  The project will instead be passed on to the new Cluster organisation to be reconsidered as part of their first work plan in 2023. More information can be found on the...

The Australian Industry Skills Committee (ASIC) recently endorsed the addition of a specialist stream for Strata Management to the Diploma of Property (Agency Management). This stream includes 5 units of competency which will allow learners to tailor their learning to achieve the Diploma in Property (Agency Management) specialising in Strata Management. The Skills Ministers final...

Last week’s Federal Budget included the announcement of tax breaks for Australia’s small businesses to encourage investment in skills and training. For every hundred dollars a small business spends on training their employees, they will receive a $120 tax deduction. Under the Skills and Training Boost, small businesses – which employ about 7.8 million Australians...

The Australian Apprenticeships Priority List (AAPL) identifies occupations classified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as Technician and Trade Workers and Community and Personal Service Workers and assessed by the National Skills Commission as being in national skills shortage. The AAPL is based on the Skills Priority List published by the National Skills Commission in...

Following the announcement of the extension to the Boosting Apprenticeships Commencements wage subsidy, the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive System (AAIS) will come into effect on 1 July 2022 and will replace the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive Program. The Australian Apprenticeships Priority List will support the AAIS. The AAIS will be introduced in two phases. 2022 and 2024...

The Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements (BAC) and Completing Apprenticeship Commencements (CAC) wage subsidies have been extended with enrolments in BAC now open to the end of the 2021‑22 financial year (30 June 2022). The BAC wage subsidy supports businesses and Group Training Organisations to take on new apprentices and trainees. Any business or Group Training Organisation...

The Federal Government has released its National Microcredentials Framework (NMF). A lack of consensus about just what a microcredential is and how it should be recognised by employers, led to the creation of an expert working group. This group developed the framework after examining over 35 different organisations’ definitions of the word – and consulting...