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Working From Home: Opportunities and Risks

With many regular workplaces shut down to ‘flatten the curve’ of COVID-19, millions of Australians are now shifting their work

By Alison Pennington, Jim Stanford

Polling – Casual workers and the wage subsidy

81% of Australians support JobKeeper for all Casual Workers The Commonwealth government’s proposed JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme represents an important

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

By Jim Stanford

The Same Mistake Twice

Public Sector Pay Freezes Could Push Economy From Recession to Depression New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future

By Jim Stanford, Troy Henderson

Catalogue of International Initiatives to Support Workers through COVID-19

93 Economic Experts Back Govt Wages Subsidy in Open Letter The Australian government has pushed back against introducing needed measures

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

By Alison Pennington, Jim Stanford

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

By Jim Stanford

Needle in a Haystack

The latest economic statistics have confirmed that Australia’s economy is barely limping along – with quarterly GDP growth of just

By Jim Stanford

Precarity and Job Instability on the Frontlines of NDIS Support Work

The national roll-out of the NDIS holds the prospect of a significant enhancement in both the resources allocated to disability

By Donna Baines, Fiona Macdonald, Jessie Moore, Jim Stanford

Excessive Hours and Unpaid Overtime: 2019 Update

‘Go Home on Time Day’ 2019: Australian Employers Pocketing $81 Billion Worth of Unpaid Overtime, Report Reveals New research from

By Bill Browne

The Relationship Between Superannuation Contributions and Wages in Australia

New research from the Centre for Future Work shows that scheduled increases in employers’ minimum statutory superannuation contributions would have

By Jim Stanford

Tolerate Unemployment, but Blame the Unemployed

Chronic Unemployment a Consequence of Deliberate Economic Policies For the last generation macroeconomic policy in Australia has been based on

By David Richardson