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The benefits of a four-day working week, without loss of pay, can outweigh the cons for both businesses and staff.
Flexible work has the potential to solve many issues that see people fall out of the workforce but many companies still struggle to do it right.
Most UK workplaces aren’t set up for women to breastfeed, so is it any wonder rates are so low.
Uber Works is the next step in the evolution of the gig economy.
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on how the Civil Rights Act applies to LGBT people. A business law scholar explains why it could be one of the most consequential discrimination cases in decades.
No matter how skilled or qualified they are, asylum seekerd say they’ve often forced to take whatever basic job they can just to survive.
Flexibility is just a euphemism for exploitation.
In this first of a series of “vision statements” Albanese has sought to send the messages that Labor under his leadership is focused on jobs, is looking to the future and is not afraid of change.
The restaurant industry as a whole hasn’t been a huge supporter of the fight to increase minimum wage – but it should be.
Australia’s skilled migration program simply isn’t working the way it is supposed to.
While there are certainly benefits, there are also a number of pitfalls to remote working.
Not only could less work pay for itself by boosting productivity, it’s necessary for human and planetary well-being.
People on zero-hours contract are often given minimal training and some workers are even asked to pay for their training themselves.
Our inability to foresee the jobs of the future should be tempered by the realization that that jobs have always appeared in the past, regardless of technological advances.
Students picking their subjects for Years 11 and 12 need to understand that science can be useful in a wide range of future jobs.
Artificial intelligence holds great promise for medicine, but safeguards are needed to ensure it does not harm patients.
Jordan has a huge number of Syrian refugees and since 2016 it has let them legally enter the workforce.
Under no circumstances do NAPLAN scores alone indicate a student’s full potential, so linking them to any future job application is a dangerous idea.
The Supreme Court will decide in the next year whether sexual orientation and gender identity are covered under federal employment discrimination law.
Top contributors
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
