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‘Set-off’ arrangements are an agreement to bundle certain entitlements owed under awards into higher base rates of pay.
Immigrants struggle to access higher-paying jobs, meaning their skills often go to waste.
Business investment is mired at 30-year lows. Why is it so weak and what needs to change?
Boosting living standards by fixing the structural problems in the economy has been prioritised by the government. There is no shortage of advice where to start.
Digital work can be experienced as more dignified than the available alternatives – if rules and pay are fair.
Even with this increase, Australia’s lowest paid employees will not be earning as much in real terms as they did before the inflationary surge of 2021-2022.
The public sector shows having a gender balance at senior levels can make a big difference to pay outcomes.
Inflation is back under control, but now the Reserve Bank is concerned about the risks of a global economic slowdown.
As one chef put it: ‘Free steak dinners don’t pay my rent or stop my boss docking pay for smoke breaks.’
Labor costs – especially for unskilled roles – are climbing fast.
With the key measures of inflation back within the Reserve Bank’s target band, expectations are growing for a second rate cut in May.
Before changes to the Fair Work Act, almost all attempts by unions to address gender pay inequity failed.
“Awful April” hasn’t helped people to feel good about their finances.
Obviously, the government can’t set wages directly. But research shows recent policies that have increased worker power are associated with strong wage growth.
What impact the Trump tariffs might have on Australia generally and the election in particular is among the issues discussed in this week’s election special podcast.
A real boost to award wages is unlikely to drive up inflation, nor adversely impact productivity. But it would provide cost-of-living relief to Australia’s lowest-paid workers.
Labor will urge the Fair Work Commission to increase both award and minimum wages in a written submission to their Annual Wage Review.
Labor’s tax changes this week do not tackle tax reform, or why we desperately need it.
Companies are fighting for top talent. The latest pay data shows just over half have improved their gender pay gap, but there’s still a long way to go.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Emeritus Professor of Economics (Griffith University) and Teaching Associate (University of Queensland), Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Economics, Queensland University of Technology
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Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Professor in Working Life, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Work and Labour Market Policy, University of Sydney