Expats are not coming home because of lower salaries, lack of taxation incentives and miles of red tape according to a survey of more than 1,000 people by Talent2
Expats are not coming home because of lower salaries, lack of taxation incentives and miles of red tape according to a survey of more than 1,000 people by Talent2. Seventy-five per cent of respondents think the Government should encourage expatriates to return to the roost, especially as we are facing extreme skill shortages and need to reverse the brain drain, according to Talent2’s Jonathon Morse. “Business leaders are saying the Government needs to act and do something to encourage expatriates to come home,” he said. “The most support for the proposal to bring expatriates home came from respondents aged 55 with the least support coming from those aged 18-24.”
Different leadership priorities needed for high performance
A fundamental shift of priorities from cost-orientation/efficiency to added value and innovation must occur if organisations are to achieve sustainable high performance. Delegates at a recent organisational development conference in the UK, run by executive education provider Roffey Park, were told that organisations should implement trials of high-performance work environments, establish support networks for employees, influence the fundamental assumptions and beliefs of employees to achieve cultural change and recognise, nurture and reward value-based leadership. Leaders should challenge unethical behaviour and help employees to create a sense of meaning and purpose in their work, said John Gilkes, chief executive of Roffey Park.
NSW work safety laws lambasted
The NSW Government’s new Draft Workplace Fatalities Bill is just another piecemeal addition to existing OHS legislation that is already fundamentally flawed, according to business group Employers First. While some of the points in the new Bill improved on the previous draft, Employers First chief executive Garry Brack said major problems remained and it did not make sense to amend laws which were already unworkable. The current OHS Act is scheduled for statutory review after 26 June, providing a basis for a more wide-ranging assessment of OHS issues, he said.
