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A Better Future for Self-Employment

This report considers and challenges two common myths about self-employment. The first is that self-employment is inexorably growing. The second

Submission to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) bill 2023

Experts from the Centre for Future Work recently made a submission to the Senate committee studying the ‘Closing Loopholes’ bill,

Unacceptable Risks

New research reveals the growth of ‘gig’ employment is undermining minimum employment conditions for tens of thousands of workers.

Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Work and Care

Current work and care arrangements in Australia contribute to economic and social disadvantage for carers, the vast majority of whom

Technology, standards and democracy

Submission to the Select Committee on the Impact of Technological Change on the Future of Work and Workers in New

Turning ‘gigs’ into decent jobs: submission to the Inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce

What’s a ‘gig’ job, anyway? There’s lots of media hype about how people won’t have jobs in the future (they’re

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

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