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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, and develop timely and practical policy proposals.

Our research concerns the issues facing working people such as the future of jobs, wages and income distribution, skills and training, workers’ rights and working conditions, sector and industry directions, and the role of government and public services.

 

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IR Bill Will Cut Wages & Accelerate Precarity

The Morrison government has proposed sweeping changes to labour laws that will expand unilateral employer...

Call for Applications: Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Fellow

We have launched a search for the first Carmichael Fellow. Please see the below call...

New Research Centre Established to Honour Union Leader Laurie Carmichael

A new research centre dedicated to the legacy of one of Australia’s greatest union leaders...

Profile: Combining Economics and Social Justice

We are pleased to reprint (download below), with kind permission from In the Black, this...

Porter IR Bill a Wish List for Business

Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter tabled an omnibus bill on 9 December containing multiple amendments...

A Women’s Agenda for COVID-Era Reconstruction

Women have been uniquely and disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession: losing...

Australian workplaces unprepared for rising heat stress in light of climate change

Last Summer’s devastating Black Summer bushfires exposed the under-preparedness of Australian workplaces to the serious...

Unpaid overtime rife, despite shift to ‘work from home’

Unpaid overtime rife, despite shift to ‘work from home’

The average Australian worker puts in 5.3 hours per week of unpaid overtime, despite the...

The Pandemic is Our Clarion Call to Rebuild Good Jobs

Victorians emerging from lockdowns now confront Australia’s harsh COVID-era work reality marked by more insecure...

Feature Interviews: Worker Voice in a Changing World of Work

Video recordings of the interviews are available here: The videos were recorded for a 5-week...

Budget’s Illusory Hope for Business-Led Recovery

The Commonwealth government tabled its 2020-21 budget on 6 October, six months later than the...
480,000 jobs rely on QLD public service, cuts would deepen the state’s recession

480,000 jobs rely on QLD public service, cuts would deepen the state’s recession

New research from the Centre for Future Work shows that cutting public sector jobs and...