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Subsidising Billionaires: Simulating the Net Incomes of UberX Drivers in Australia

Uber’s rapid growth in point-to-point transportation services has become the most potent symbol of the growth of the so-called “gig

By Jim Stanford

The future of transportation work: Technology, work organization, and the quality of jobs

Workers in all parts of the economy are confronting twin threats from accelerating changes in technology and automation, and the

By Jim Stanford, Matt Grudnoff

The Future of Work Is What We Make It

In October the Senate of Australia launched an important new inquiry into the Future of Work and the Future of

By Jim Stanford

Historical Data on the Decline in Australian Industrial Disputes

The Fair Work Commission’s ruling to pre-emptively block industrial action (including restrictions on overtime and a one-day work stoppage) by

By Jim Stanford

NSW Workers’ Compensation System has Ample Resources to Maintain Benefits

The workers’ compensation system in NSW has been dramatically scaled back and restructured since the current state government came to

By Jim Stanford

Excessive Hours, Unpaid Overtime and the Future of Work

2017 marks the ninth annual Go Home On Time Day (GHOTD), an initiative of the Centre for Future Work at

By Tom Swann, Troy Henderson

False Economies: The Unintended Consequences of NSW Public Sector Wage Restraint

Budget-cutting political leaders regularly target the jobs and incomes of public sector workers as the first and most politically convenient

By Jim Stanford, Troy Henderson

Wage Suppression a Time Bomb in Superannuation System

The record-slow pace of wage growth in Australia’s economy is not just making it difficult for families to balance their

By Jim Stanford

June GDP Numbers Confirm Lopsided Economy

This week the ABS released new GDP data, covering the June quarter, which confirm the continuing structural shift away labour

By Jim Stanford

Economic Impacts of Reductions In Penalty Rates for Sunday & Holiday Work

Our Centre has conducted considerable research into the impacts of the Fair Work Commission’s decision to substantially reduce penalty rates

By Jim Stanford

New Research Symposium on Work in the “Gig Economy”

The informal work practices of the so-called “gig” economy are widening existing cracks in Australia’s system of labour regulations, and

By Andrew Stewart, Frances Flanagan, Jim Stanford, Kate Minter, Wayne Lewchuk

Manufacturing: A Moment of Opportunity

Dogged manufacturing sector quietly adds 40,000 jobs In conjunction with the National Manufacturing Summit, titled “From Opportunity to Action,” at

By Jim Stanford, Tom Swann