Rising costs and the change in the nature of work has led to more people holding more than one job.
- Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Women are much more likely to feel better about working from home than men, especially mothers. But it is more likely to get them overlooked for promotions.
A comparison of 17 OECD countries shows those with multi-employer bargaining had worse wage outcomes than those enterprise bargaining.
One million Australians quit their jobs in the past year, but there’s nothing new in that, and its down on previous years.
Australia’s labour market does a relatively good job of accommodating the preferences of the majority of workers. But that’s not to say there’s no-one who wouldn’t prefer to work more – or less.
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) said that casual employment has not increased in Australia for the past 18 years. Is that right?
Gay men earn less than heterosexual men, but lesbians earn more than straight women. The reasons may surprise you.
There have been renewed calls from employers - mainly in the retail sector - for reductions in the wage premiums (or penalty rates) that industries are required to pay staff for work undertaken at non-standard…
In September 2008 the sudden collapse of the investment banking sector in the US would propel much of the world - especially Western economies - into the worst economic recession since the Great Depression…
Many economic and social commentators, including the University of Canberra’s Josh Fear on The Conversation yesterday, continue to express concern about the number of hours many Australians spend doing…
Fair Work Australia’s decision to relax the minimum shift requirement for school kids from three hours to 90 minutes has been praised by employer groups and criticised by unions, who fear low-paid teens…
Wayne Swan’s budget tightening measures have launched a fierce debate on what constitutes “middle class welfare”. And what income and wealth levels define the middle class. The Gillard government has imposed…
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