For first time, less than half of workers have a ‘standard job’

There is a clear and multi-faceted deterioration in the overall stability of Australians' work.

For the first time on record, less than half of employed Australians hold a ‘standard job’: a permanent full-time paid job with leave entitlements.

All 11 statistical indicators of employment insecurity (including part-time work, underemployment, casual jobs, and marginal self-employment) have declined since 2012
Wages for casual workers have declined in real terms; part-time workers in marginal self-employment have seen real wages fall 26% in the last five years
Many young people are giving up hope of finding a permanent full-time job.

‘Australians are rightly worried about the growing insecurity of work,’ said Dr Jim Stanford, Director of the Centre for Future Work.