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Research Papers from the Centre for Future Work.

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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

The curious incident of low wages growth

A new report considers why wages growth has been so low, despite a tight labour market and a brief surge

By David Peetz

Doing it tough: how Australians are experiencing the cost of living crisis

This report documents the results of a recent survey of Australian adults regarding their experience of the cost of living

By Lisa Heap

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

Employee voice and new rights for workplace union delegates

New rights for volunteer union delegates are set to make workplaces more, not less, cooperative, according to a new analysis.

By David Peetz

The Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation

A significant increase to the minimum wage, and accompanying increases to award rates, would not have a significant effect on

By Greg Jericho, Jim Stanford

Mid-Term Review of Albanese Government’s Labour Policy Reforms

A review of the Albanese government’s labour and industrial relations reforms at the mid-point of its term in office concludes

By Greg Jericho, Charlie Joyce, Fiona Macdonald, David Peetz, Jim Stanford

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,

By Fiona Macdonald, David Peetz, Jim Stanford

Profit-Price Inflation: Theory, International Evidence, and Policy Implications

New research confirms that higher corporate profits still account for most of the rise in economy-wide unit prices in Australia

By Jim Stanford, Richard Denniss, Matt Grudnoff, Greg Jericho, David Richardson, Matt Saunders

Lost at Sea

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

By Phillip Toner

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

By Lily Raynes, Jim Stanford