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Research Papers from the Centre for Future Work.

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Expert report: working from home

The Centre provided expert evidence in a work from home test case in the Fair Work Commission.

By Fiona Macdonald, Lisa Heap

Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Productivity in Australia

The Centre's submission shows that Australia’s productivity depends on investing in secure jobs, skills, care industries, and equitable economic policy

By David Peetz

Submission to the Closing Loopholes Review

The Centre's submission says closing workplace law loopholes has boosted job security, pay equity, enforcement, and fairness across Australia’s labour

By David Peetz

Addressing the health workforce crisis in the Pacific

The challenges of health worker labour migration and the need for cooperation for quality public health systems across Oceania.

By Fiona Macdonald, Lisa Heap, Charlie Joyce

Too much work and too few paid hours?

The 2025 Go Home on Time survey highlights widespread dissatisfaction with paid work hours, and employees working excessive unpaid overtime.

By Fiona Macdonald

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

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

Firefighters and paramedics save lives, protect us from the ravages of fire, and ensure the sick and injured receive the

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

No Blood – No Job: Australia’s privacy laws and workers’ rights

Organisations in Australia are using blood analysis as a means of screening future employees for ‘health risks’ that they allege

By Lisa Heap

Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training Inquiry into the Digital Transformation of Workplaces

AI boosts productivity but risks job quality, privacy, fairness, and wellbeing. Regulations are required to ensure decent, fair work.

By Fiona Macdonald, Lisa Heap