2005 A Tough Year for Employers? - Hooray!

Next year is likely to be a tough one for employers, who will be under pressure on pay and prices while at the same time finding it harder than ever to recruit the right people into vacant jobs.

The warning from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has followed the publication by the Government of monthly job statistics

The Office for National Statistics figures showed a definite tightening of the jobs’ market, with more people in employment, fewer being made redundant and a reduction in the number of job vacancies.

Compounding this, the growth in average earnings, both including and excluding bonuses, had increased.--http://www.management-issues.com/

Pete's Points

This sort of information, in combination with the information coming from the Treasurer in Australia, that unemployment is likely to be the lowest in years, should make the hearts of dedicated unionists swell with joy.

When negotiating the next round of pay agreements the employees should actually be in the driver's seat for a change.

If government wants to maintain its services and to employ people who are suitable for the jobs which they have available, then it will face demands to reduce the incidence of having to "do more with less" and will finally be confronted with living up to the slogan it has been presenting in public, namely "our staff are our most valuable asset" by remunerating them appropriately!

With the GST generating taxes at an unprecedented rate and with Australians being among the most highly taxed communities in the world, it may be time for the government to spread the largesse a little to those who actually keep the machinery of government going.