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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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Ninety-three economic experts back government wages subsidy in open letter

Ninety-three economic experts back government wages subsidy in open letter

Ninety-three Australian economists and policy experts have signed an open letter, coordinated by the Centre...

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81% of Australians support JobKeeper for all casual workers

New polling shows more than eight in ten Australians support extending the wage subsidy, known...

Webinar: Protecting Jobs and Incomes During the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is producing an unprecedented shutdown of large parts of the national and...

Open Letter From Economists and Policy Experts: Wage Subsidy to Protect Jobs During Pandemic

The letter and the full list of signatories is reprinted below. It has been forwarded...

Responding to the Economic Emergency

The scale and scope of the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 will be unprecedented in...
Australian Employers Pocketing $81 Billion Worth of Unpaid Overtime, Report Reveals

Go Home on Time Day 2019: Australian employers pocketing $81 billion worth of unpaid overtime, report reveals

New research from The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work estimates that Australian workers are...

Chronic unemployment a consequence of deliberate economic policies

Chronic unemployment a consequence of deliberate economic policies

There is a contradiction between Australian macroeconomic policy – which deliberately maintains unemployment at 5%...

Where To Now for Union Campaign? Workplace Express

May 31, 2019 by David Peetz, Alison Pennington and Jim Stanford The unexpected results of...

Are States Filling the Democratic Void?

The recent Victorian election results showed Australian voters want governments to play a pro-active role...
Workers’ Share of Economic Pie Shrinks Again

Workers’ share of economic pie shrinks again

In early 2017 the labour share of GDP hit its lowest level since the Australian...

New Book: The Wages Crisis in Australia

Australian wage growth has decelerated in recent years to the slowest sustained pace since the...

Go Home on Time Day 2018

Wednesday 21 November is Australia’s official “Go Home On Time Day,” sponsored by the Centre...