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Layoffs begin in corporate Australia but some are hiring

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The coronavirus outbreak has virtually shut down corporate Australia and New Zealand, forcing companies to throw out their strategic plans and resulting in thousands of layoffs or staff suspensions.

Listed companies in both the countries have already laid off or began considering laying off more than 100,000 people, temporarily or permanently, highlighting the toll on livelihoods as virtual shutdowns take hold.

Ultimately, economists forecast the crisis will more than double unemployment to more than 11%, the highest in three decades.

AIRLINES Qantas Airways to place 20,000 workers on leave until at least the end of May. Virgin Australia to stand down 8,000 employees until the end of May.

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