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Productivity in the real world

What it is, what it isn’t, and how to make it work better for workers

By Jim Stanford

The curious incident of low wages growth

A new report considers why wages growth has been so low, despite a tight labour market and a brief surge

By David Peetz

Working from Home, Not a Problem

Who works from home and why? Who benefits from working from home arrangements? Why do some employers (and politicians) want

By Fiona Macdonald

The Continuing Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation

Updated analysis reveals that a fair and appropriate increase to the minimum wage would not have a significant effect on

By Greg Jericho

Restoring public sector capability through investment in public service employees

This briefing paper examines the make-up of the APS and considers recent efforts to improve APS service delivery.

By Lisa Heap

Life Savers Without Life Savings

It is unacceptable that retired firefighters and paramedics should have either significantly reduced living standards or risk running out of

By Jack Thrower

Submission to Industrial Relations Victoria Inquiry on Restricting Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in Workplace Sexual Harassment Cases

NDAs may protect victims’ privacy but power imbalances coerce signatures, silencing survivors, enabling repeat harassment, and obscuring prevalence; greater transparency

By Lisa Heap, David Peetz

Submission to the Secure Jobs Better Pay Review

The Secure Jobs Better Pay (SJBP) reforms were designed to address some areas where the industrial relations framework had not

By Fiona Macdonald, Lisa Heap, David Peetz, Jim Stanford

Taking up the Right to Disconnect? Unsatisfactory Working Hours and Unpaid Overtime

This year marks the sixteenth annual Go Home on Time Day (GHOTD), an initiative of the Centre for Future Work

By Fiona Macdonald

Doing it Tough

This report documents the results of a recent survey of Australian adults regarding their experience of the cost of living

By Lisa Heap