Our research looked at alternative jobs on offer for 766 NSW coal mine workers. We found some, like electricians, would find work easily – but without local retraining, others may have had to move.
The most recent data from Statistics Canada shows that, while gender inequalities in the workplace remain fairly large between women and men, there are some notable exceptions.
Job seekers in Johannesburg, South Africa wait on the side of a road holding placards reading their specialisation.
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The Treasury and RBA believe Australia’s sustainable rate of unemployment is above 4%, but Australia’s leading economists think 3.75% is possible long-term, and have ideas about how to achieve it.
While fewer new jobs are being created, an unusually high backlog of vacancies is keeping demand for workers high. But over the past year, we’ve seen a shift in who is being hired.
New Canadians take the Oath of Citizenship during halftime at a Redblacks and Montréal Alouettes CFL game in Ottawa in July 2022.
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Canada is counting on immigrants to drive economic growth. Smaller urban communities can help take pressure off Canada’s most heavily populated regions by attracting and retaining newcomers.
With geographic proximity no longer being a precondition of employment, the 2020s could see a shift in jobs being parcelled out to the best and most affordable talent, regardless of location.
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A shift towards a more distributed, borderless global workforce will not necessarily lead to job losses for Canada, but it will be disruptive and require restructuring in the labour market.
Australia’s employment growth is slowing, but the ups and downs from month to month make it hard say what happens next.
Workers in Banten, Indonesia, staged a protest after the government announced the latest minimum wage stipulation in December 2022.
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Indonesian worker protests about a new emergency regulation – issued suddenly in late 2022 to replace a controversial job creation law – look likely to continue ahead of the February 2024 election.
Even the government’s pledge of 1.3 million extra jobs might not be enough to keep unemployment below 4%. The pledge ought to be the unemployment rate itself.
Freelancers who have lost work during the COVID-19 crisis can take steps to ensure they have a successful long-term career in the post-pandemic period.
Africa is far from having an ageing farming population. What is missing is a critical mass of skilled, young farmers with access to finance who could drive productivity in farming.
Even in places that are now COVID-free spending remains subdued, and different.
Young people have labour market advantages that will allow them to survive the pandemic if they keep an open mind about location and job offers.
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Being flexible about both location and the nature of employment will help youth make the most of the current challenging labour market situation due to COVID-19.