Organisation

Centre for Future Work

Owning Institution:
Report

The future of work for Australian graduates


This report documents the new challenges faced by Australian university graduates in finding jobs that are stable, rewarding, and uitilise their newly-developed skills. The report was prepared in conjunction with Graduate Careers Australia.
Conference paper

The future of work: five contrarian insights


Centre for Future Work Director, Jim Stanford, challenges five stereotypical claims that are often advanced in debates over the future of work. This commentary was prepared for the My Labour, Our Future conference held in August in Montreal (Canada), to mark the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the International Labour Organization.
Briefing paper

Update on penalty rates and job-creation: two years later


This paper shows that employment growth in retail and hospitality has been far slower than in other parts of the economy (where penalty rates remained constant) and job-growth in the two sectors actually slowed by more than half after penalty rates began to fall.
Briefing paper

Kick-starting wage growth: what the Commonwealth government could do now


This briefing note shows that just three specific actions by the Commonwealth government would lead to a significant rise in national wage growth, adding over $10 billion per year to aggregate wage income within three years.
Briefing paper

Union organising and labour market rules: two sides of the same coin


This study documents the correlation between workers' rights and union organising - and shows they are two sides of the same coin. The correlation between workers' rights and the success of unions suggests that unions in Australia will need to continue their campaign to "Change the Rules" of Australia's labour market.

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