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Polling: casual workers and the wage subsidy

The Commonwealth government’s proposed JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme represents an important and promising response to the COVID-19 shutdown of several

Submission to the 2020 annual wage review

The Centre for Future Work has made a submission to the 2020 annual wage review conducted by the Fair Work

The same mistake twice: the self-defeating consequences of public sector pay freezes

New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work reveals the consequences of freezing public service pay, both for

Catalogue of international initiatives to support workers through COVID-19

The Australian government has pushed back against introducing needed measures to support workers in casual, self-employed, or gig positions during

Gender inequality in Australia’s labour market: a factbook

While women have made some progress in closing the wage gap and other dimensions of gender inequality in Australia, they

The long-term consequences of wage freezes for real wages, lifetime earnings, and superannuation

New research from the Centre for Future Work has dramatised the lasting consequences for workers’ lifetime incomes – even after they