A new study calls for additional support from government, employers and the medical profession for cancer survivors wanting to return to work.
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Australia loses nearly A$2 billion of GDP every year due to people with cancer leaving the workforce.
We found the prevalence of ageism among younger people is most apparent when participants were asked about succession statements like whether older people should actively make way for the young.
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Queensland Labor claimed it has ‘created 122,500 jobs – more than four times the number of jobs created under the Newman-Nicholls government’. Is that right? We asked the experts.
Theresa May: not bowing to pressure to ban zero-hours contracts.
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Even though the shift towards part-time employment has actually been happening for many years, it now appears to be slowing.
Over a period in which the Australian economy saw around 600,000 additional people get jobs, employment in the renewables sector has been going backwards.
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Estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that the number of direct full-time equivalent jobs in renewable energy activities has continued to fall from its 2011-12 peak.
Western Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan on the campaign trail.
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In the lead up to the state election, Western Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan said WA has the highest unemployment rate in Australia. Is that correct?
Despite the prominence given to underemployment, ‘overemployment’ is more pervasive in Australia.
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Australia’s labour market does a relatively good job of accommodating the preferences of the majority of workers. But that’s not to say there’s no-one who wouldn’t prefer to work more – or less.
How does Australia’s economic growth shape up against the G7 countries?
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Ahead of the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, minister for defence industries Christopher Pyne said a lot of jobs were created in 2016 and Australia has the highest growth rate in the G7. Is that true?
The 8 million illegal workers currently in the US workforce contribute to US output, mainly in low-skilled jobs.
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Many US voters appear to believe that deporting illegal immigrants would boost job opportunities and wages for US workers. But economic modelling suggests different conclusions.
Labor’s Chris Bowen says Australian workers are doing it tough.
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What is the current state of jobs in this election campaign? This podcast explores what really creates jobs and whether or not politicians have much say in it.
Members of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, rally for the youth wage subsidy.
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Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape; Atoko Kasongo, University of the Western Cape, and Mariana Moses, University of the Western Cape
South Africa’s labour market suffers from high unemployment. Reform of the education system may provide the only long-term sustainable solution to the problem.
Good employment data obscure the slow pace of jobs growth for women.
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The drop in the number of people working reflects both more older people taking pensions and an underlying weakness in the economy.
Despite increases in education attainment, the educated youth in sub-Saharan Africa find that there are no jobs suited to their levels of education.
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School enrolment rates in sub-Saharan Africa have increased markedly in recent years, but it is failing its newly educated young by not creating jobs commensurate with their education.
Tony’s Abbott’s pre-election jobs promise sounds impressive, but it’s actually under trend.
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Creating more jobs is a rather common promise in politics. Some politicians are more daring in pledging to create a certain number of jobs within a given period of time. During the 2013 electoral campaign…
Romanians - and they are not going to the UK.
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New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown a small drop of about 4,000 in the number of Romanian and Bulgarian-born people employed in the UK in the first three months of 2014 – the…