Posts by Ross Clennett

This week two different events of significance occurred in the Australian employment sector. On Monday a group of Uber drivers from Sydney and Melbourne launched legal action in the Federal Court to determine whether they and thousands of other gig economy delivery drivers and couriers are entitled to the minimum rates of pay and other…

Do you do any of the following? Drive your car with each tyre at half pressure, all the time? Throw out half the food you have purchased, every week? Knowingly, pay 50% more tax than you have to, every year? I very much doubt you do any of these things. Yet there is a fair…

A close friend of mine quit her job earlier this month. After three years with her previous employer, one of Australia’s largest companies, she accepted a new role with a much smaller company. Although the benefits were fewer she felt the opportunities to expand her skill set were greater. Unfortunately, once she started work with…

Last month the RCSA Awards Night for Australian members was held in Sydney.  Unfortunately, due to the most recent Melbourne lockdown, I was unable to attend. However, I was delighted that MAYDAY Recruitment’s Hannah Deady was the winner of the prestigious Recruitment Professional of the Year. Hannah is a participant in my current Leadership Coaching…

A seismic shift that’s likely to impact many companies’ remuneration and benefits policies, occurred last Thursday. Accounting and business advisory firm, KPMG raised the bar with its paid parental leave scheme — extending it to 26 weeks, with no “primary” or “secondary” carer qualifying status and offering it to all Australian employees, regardless of tenure.…

The hospitality sector around the globe seems to be in collective shock. The sector that (along with the related sectors of agriculture, tourism, events, arts, sport, and leisure) bore the most significant economic impact of the COVID-19 shutdowns is now struggling to attract workers back to the sector now that jobs are readily available again.…

I come from a family of teachers. My mother was a physical education teacher and each of my three sisters entered the teaching profession (one a primary school teacher and both of my twin sisters became high school teachers). Two of my uncles were high school teachers, one becoming a highly-regarded principal. I regard myself…

Last Tuesday the US Government reported that Americans were quitting their jobs in record numbers, with the data recording 3.952 million US workers leaving their employment in April, surpassing the previous record for this century of 3.591 million employee departures in July 2019. Recent surveys of employee sentiment suggest that this spike in the data…

National business and economic activity data released in the past week confirm the ongoing strength of the 2021 economic recovery. To save you the hassle of combing through the ABS’s national accounts data and the May update on the Labour Market Information Portal I have cherry-picked the most relevant data and graphs for recruiters and…

Twenty-one years ago I received the most significant promotion of my career. I was elevated from the role of GM, Adelaide (1 business unit, five staff) to GM, Sydney (4 business units, 30 staff). The company was going through a significant transition after Greg Savage’s departure the previous year and, after expecting to be in…