By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University So certain is the Australian government that childcare workers are being …
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Global HR PracticesOpinionRemote Working
Making workers return to the office might not make them any more productive, despite what the NSW premier says
By David Hensher AM, University of Sydney Announcing the directive to work “primarily in an approved office”, NSW Premier Chris Minns said …
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More secure jobs and higher unemployment benefits would help lift Australia’s birth rate
By Irma Mooi-Reci, The University of Melbourne and Trong-Anh Trinh, Monash University Across developed countries, including Australia, fewer babies are being born. …
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Increasing annual leave to five weeks would cost employers less than you might think
By Jeff Borland, The University of Melbourne Five weeks annual leave is an idea whose time may have come. A decade ago, …
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Here’s how to create jobs for First Nations Australians in the clean energy transition
By Chris Briggs, University of Technology Sydney and Ruby Heard, The University of Melbourne Done well, the renewable energy transition should improve …
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Recovering lost wages is nearly impossible for Australia’s underpaid migrant workers. Here’s how to fix the problem
By Laurie Berg, University of Technology Sydney and Bassina Farbenblum, UNSW Sydney The widespread underpayment of migrant workers in Australia is now …
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Australian coal mine and power station workers’ prospects look bleak – unless we start offering more targeted support
By Adam Triggs, Australian National University Workers who were made redundant in coal-fired power plants between 2010 and 2020 saw their incomes …
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Unemployment has dipped in Australia, but don’t be fooled – the jobs market is weakening
By Jeff Borland, The University of Melbourne For some time now – gradually, but nevertheless relentlessly – the Australian labour market has …
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Spare us the talk about a wages explosion. There’s nothing wrong with lifting Australia’s lowest wages in line with inflation
By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University What is it with the Coalition and wages? When, in the …
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Report finds ‘clear need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What difference would it make?
By Bruce Chen, Deakin University; Julie Debeljak, Monash University, and Pamela Tate, Monash University This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human …