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Research Papers from the Centre for Future Work.

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RBA review a missed opportunity

The Commonwealth Treasury has released the report of a three-person panel charged with reviewing the structure, governance, and effectiveness of

Inclusive and Sustainable Employment for Jobseekers Experiencing Disadvantage

Sustainable employment outcomes for disadvantaged jobseekers can be highly dependent on workplace and employment related factors.

Minimum wages and inflation

New research from the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute has revealed how rises in the minimum wage

Profits and inflation in mining and non-mining sectors

New research from the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute has shed further light on the role of

Profit-price spiral: the truth behind Australia’s inflation

Workers in Australia have suffered considerable economic losses as a result of accelerating inflation since the onset of the COVID

Lost at Sea

An assessment of the Productivity Commission’s Report on Container Port Productivity

Theft by any other name: Go Home on Time Day 2022

Australian workers are on average working 6 weeks unpaid overtime per year, costing over $92 billion dollars in unpaid wages

Call Me Maybe (Not)

Working overtime and a right to disconnect in Australia

Public Services in the Hunter

The provision of essential public services generates extraordinary and far-reaching economic and social benefits for the Hunter region. A new report prepared

Going nuclear: the costs of mid-bargaining termination of enterprise agreements

New research from the Centre for Future Work quantifies the dramatic risks faced by workers whose employers unilaterally terminate enterprise

Collective bargaining and wage growth in Australia

The reforms proposed in the Secure Jobs, Better Wages bill represent important but incremental steps in restoring a better balance

The cumulative costs of wage caps for essential service workers in NSW

Since 2012 the NSW government has arbitrarily suppressed pay gains for workers in state-funded public services (including health care, education,