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When worker protection laws were passed across the US, in-house R&D staff began to take fewer risks.
One area of burgeoning employment is in people cleaning up ‘workslop’.
According to a new survey, almost 50% of Australian workers say they are overeducated. But there are more reasons to study than getting a job.
Most career changers rely on their networks to move to a new industry, new research shows.
Whether steelmaking returns to Whyalla is only part of the story. The intervening years could have consequences of their own, and the community will need support.
Gas is now flowing from the vast – and controversial – fossil fuel project.
New research shows that Indigenous applicants can face discrimination at the hiring stage, even when they have the same qualifications and experience as other candidates.
Automation may simply speed up the rat race.
Redistribution must recognise that most workers are in informal employment.
An analysis by the Treasury forecasts that AI has the potential to have a bigger impact on high-skilled and cognitive jobs, not just physical and routine roles.
Africa still needs millions of better-paying jobs and higher productivity to reduce poverty. What has changed is the route to achieving those goals.
Of the top 20 occupations most at risk of being automated, 15 are dominated by women.
If the US were to create a fund to harness AI and buffer the economy and workers from long-term harms AI could cause, it would not be the first country to do so.
A dedicated court could help fill a gap for workers seeking justice, but the design will matter.
Reform needs to be careful. Simply shutting down existing workplaces could leave some disabled workers worse off.
Yes, strong laws already exist to protect job-seekers from discrimination. But AI has made things more complicated.
Young workers, in particular, are affected, losing out on opportunities to advance their careers.
In Mozambique growth and employment are becoming disconnected, and so are skills and opportunity.
Skills shortages affect businesses as well as job seekers.
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Director of the King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership, Professor of Work and Employment, King's College London
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor of Work and Employment, University of Southampton