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The Centre for Future Work is an independent research centre focused on making the world of work better for working people and their families.

We conduct and publish progressive economic and social research on work, employment, and labour markets. Our research concerns the issues facing working people including the future of jobs, wages and income distribution, skills and training, workers’ rights and working conditions, sector and industry directions, the role of government and public services and more. The Centre develops timely and practical policy proposals.

Latest News

Record number of people working multiple jobs reveals the problems for workers

The latest Labour Account figures from the Bureau of Statistics reveal that at the end...

Australia’s Lopsided Economic Recovery

In the last three months of last year, households in NSW, Victoria and the ACT...

International Collective Bargaining Experts Explore Future System Reform

Multiple negative economic and social consequences have emerged across Anglophone industrial countries from the retrenchment...

Loss of Bargaining Power Explains Wage Stagnation

The latest wages data from the Bureau of Statistics shows that in 2021 real wages...

Interest Rates and the Federal Election

For the first time in a decade the coming election will be at a time...

Power, Not Just Supply and Demand, Vital to Future Wage Growth

Australia’s unemployment rate declined to 4.2% in December, and it could fall further (below 4%)...

Digging Deeper Into Australia’s Unemployment Rate

Australia’s unemployment rate is poised to hit its lowest level in a half-century, and this...
Rebuilding vehicle manufacturing in Australia

Australia ready to become sustainable EV-making powerhouse: new research

Australia has an enormous opportunity to rebuild its vehicle manufacturing industry....

CPI Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story

Jericho shows that inflation measurements can very widely for different types of household. Those with...

Of 3’s, and Other Important Labour Market Numbers

Will an unemployment rate with a 3 in front it, ensure that we also get...

Centre for Future Work Announces Two Senior Appointments

Greg Jericho will join the Centre on 1 February as Policy Director: Labour Market and...

Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: Labour Market Implications of Australia’s Failed COVID Strategy

As COVID and recession gripped the world, through 2020 and most of 2021 Australia recorded...