Displaying items by tag: Gen X

• 22% of Australian workers have accrued over four weeks of annual leave, with older workers racking up higher averages than their younger counterparts
• The average employee has just under 16 days of leave due, taking total annual leave pay for this period to over $7,000 for the average full time worker entitled to leave loading*
• Three in five employees feel like they can’t take leave, with the primary reason being that they’re too busy
• Employees are feeling the pressure of the current climate, with 43% of workers feeling burnt out and four in ten saying their workload has increased since the last quarter

GUEST RESEARCH: Employees are hoarding their annual leave, putting added pressure on themselves and their workplaces, the latest ELMO Employee Sentiment Index (ESI) report found.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Aus3C's recent Oh Behave! cybersecurity report has thrown light on a troubling trend that shows younger generations are giving up on cybersecurity best practices. We spoke to Matthew Salier, CEO of the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre, to find out what's changed and how things can be fixed.

Millions of Australians are prioritising their buy now pay later (BNPL) payments before their monthly obligations, according to Australian comparison site Finder.

Australians have spent $1.4 billion in international roaming fees, prompting a call from one of the country’s larger telcos for travellers to review their phone plans ahead of the businest period for overseas travel, and to take steps to help avoid roaming charges.

Led by fitness-focused women, Australians are investing in fit-tech to track their fitness, with one fifth — or 20% — purchasing a fitness tracker in the last 12 months.

Aussie shoppers are expected to splurge $11 billion on Christmas spending this year — with shopping online proving more popular than last year — and with Saturday, 16 December, likely to see six million Australians do most of their shopping, according to a new report.

Finding new staff, dealing with payroll compliance, the ability to dismiss employees and end-of-year paperwork are major problems for small business owners, according to a newly released report which reveals the significant pressures weighing down SMEs in managing their businesses.

Security is always a concern with financial transactions conducted online and the explosion in smartphone use for everything from mobile banking, buying event tickets to paying bills means that it’s a number one priority for both consumers and financial services providers.

A startling study has shown that 57% of Gen Y users would rather ditch meals for the day than endure 24 hours without their mobile.