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May 3rd, 2009

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Coal Mining Remuneration

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Welcome to Mc Donald & Company (Australasia)

McDonald & Company (Australasia) Pty Ltd is a Human Resources Management Consultancy specialising in remuneration services to the mining & resources industries and engineering & construction industry. It conducts biannual surveys of salaries and benefits in the coal & metalliferous mining sectors and in the smelting, refining & mineral processing industry in Australasia. These are recognised as the leading surveys in the country and have, between them 200 participating companies.

In December 2007, the Company began a survey of remuneration in the engineering & construction industry.

In addition, McDonald & Company (Australasia) provides consulting services to clients in Australia and overseas on issues such as:

  • the strategic alignment of remuneration & policy;
  • the integration of remuneration policies and systems during mergers & takeovers to facilitate organisation synergies;
  • short and long-term incentive plans to reward performance;
  • the preparation of special reports for Remuneration Committees on executive and non-executive remuneration;
  • research into the relationship between remuneration structures and organisational behavior;
  • job evaluation to recognise the contribution of different roles to the prosperity of the business;
  • the design of broad-banded remuneration structures;
  • research into the impact of rosters and working conditions on remuneration; and,
  • international / expatriate remuneration and benefits.

Projects have been undertaken in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Ghana, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Russia, the United States and Canada.

The consulting team consists of eight experienced personnel who have extensive site and corporate experience in the mining and resources industry


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