Employers could sack experienced employees, replace them with workers earning just a third of the salary and get a taxpayer-funded grant to do it, previously secret Treasury documents have revealed.

The controversial JobMaker hiring credit scheme has officially passed Parliament, giving Australian employers greater incentive to hire younger workers. JobMaker is designed to boost the employment ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Woolworths, Australia's largest private employer, says it will not participate in the government's $4 billion JobMaker wage subsidy ...

Young Australians have been given a leg up by the Government by way of the JobMaker Hiring Credits, which will see employers be given funds to subsidise eligible employee’s wages. The $4 billion wage ...

The government has targeted its JobMaker hiring credit too narrowly. The scheme to go before the Senate this week will give employers who take on someone aged 16 to 29 years, who has also been on ...

Cheaper, temporary labour is being incentivised at the expense of ongoing employment for experienced workers One of the weird things about the current recovery (such as it is) is that right now there ...

The government has targeted its JobMaker Hiring Credit too narrowly. The scheme to go before the Senate this week will give employers who take on someone aged 16 to 29 years who has been on JobSeeker ...

Labor says it will block the Jobmaker scheme without protections for older workers, but the government insists amendments are unnecessary. The Senate voted Tuesday night on amendments to the bill, to ...

The hiring credit provides eligible employers with $200 a week for each additional staff member they hire between the ages of 16 and 29 years old, if that person has been receiving the JobSeeker, ...

Companies that cut hours of older workers to hire younger staff could be in breach of scheme’s rules, Treasury says Employers who tell older workers not to apply for jobs they intend to create with ...

Businesses around the country are advertising for roles exclusively for young people eligible for the JobMaker subsidy scheme but some are worried they may fall foul of anti-discrimination law. Hiring ...

The federal government’s JobMaker hiring credit has passed in parliament, giving businesses access to credits for hiring workers aged between 18 and 35. The hiring credit will be backdated, and will ...