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New report reveals the human cost of management by AI

Significant consequences of AI for work and employment include negative impacts on job quality and working conditions.
Opening statement to the Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity

Opening statement to the Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity

The CEO of the Centre for Future Work gave evidence before the Senate Select Committee...
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The RBA’s view of inflation reflects conventional economic wisdom, not Australians’ lived experience

The RBA sits at the centre of the disconnect between economic theory and cost-of-living reality....
When progress on diversity depends on employer goodwill, it can disappear

When progress on diversity depends on employer goodwill, it can disappear

With the APS about to begin service-wide bargaining, DEI advocates have the opportunity to demonstrate...

Research

Cogs in the machine: algorithmic management, surveillance and big data at work

Cogs in the machine shows that using AI to manage people has serious negative consequences for workers. Algorithmic management involving

Contractual distancing, insecure work and the law

Can legislation respond to changes in capitalism that are adverse for workers?

The real cost of profit: markets and profit in early childhood education and care

Redirecting public funding to only not-for-profit providers would generate at least $1.2 billion more in economic activity in 2026.

Cogs in the machine

Algorithmic management, surveillance and big data at work

Significant consequences of AI for work and employment include negative impacts on job quality and working conditions, due to AI-based
automation of management.

 

Fiona Macdonald

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