Millions of unemployed Americans have become too discouraged to look for work.
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An economist explains why the long-term drop in the participate rate is an even bigger problem for the US economy than the May slowdown in jobs growth.
Low-wage poverty is highly associated with unstable work such as in the informal sector.
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Paid employment is no longer a guarantee that workers will earn enough to cover their basic needs and become relatively secure financially. Hence the global phenomenon of the working poor.
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Bias, stereotypes and other rules of thumb influence how people think about you – even based on your name.
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Social housing providers can help people get into work, with tailored, long-term support.
The Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, the country’s seat of government.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has revived a presidential advisory unit shut down by his predecessor. He needs it if he is to use his power effectively to improve his government’s policy coherence.
Using a variety of statistical analyses, the authors have found no evidence of more employment in hospitality and retail because of reduced penalty rates.
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Australia’s Fair Work Commission concluded that cutting penalty rates would create more jobs. Our research suggests it was wrong.
Women leaders tend to collaborate better than men.
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New research suggests women-led startups can experience more rapid employment growth than those run by men in certain scenarios.
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Tackling the gender pay gap must take into account the way that part-time workers are treated.
Women of color hold more professional and managerial jobs today than they did in 1996.
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White men have historically and disproportionately held official, managerial and professional occupations. But women and people of color are slowly gaining.
A man is trying glasses with hologram technology at a research centre called ARENA2036 in Stuttgart, Germany.
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How Indonesia can improve its policy on the future on work
Free office food isn’t there just to fill your belly.
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From Ford to Facebook, companies have long used benefits to mold employee behavior – even incentivizing the ‘right’ kind of lifestyle.
Young people view agriculture more positively than often assumed.
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Agriculture is well placed to provide employment for millions across the African continent.
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Many employers remain unaware of the law around employing refugees and migrants – even if they could help fill staff shortages.
‘Ha. But how much do you get paid?’
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Mandatory reporting could help highlight the ethnicity pay gap in much the same way that gender pay gap reporting does.
Atlassian boss Scott Farquhar says the government’s encryption laws ‘threatens jobs’.
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A forum of Australian tech companies this week was told the government’s encryption laws could see Australian jobs moved overseas. Labor’s promised to “fix” the laws, but that could be too late.
Shorten is making the pledge on a “living wage” a central part of his election pitch.
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The living wage – a renamed and more generous minimum wage - would directly benefit about one in ten workers – some 1.2 million people, Labor says.
Population Minister Alan Tudge outlining the benefits of a targeted immigration program at a parliament house press conference on Wednesday.
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Australian evidence backs up the governments contention that immigration boosts rather than cuts living standards.
Shorten is making wages one of the centrepieces of his election pitch.
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But the ALP has not put a figure on the amount it believes would be appropriate.
The Chickamauga Dam, completed in 1940, was a crowning achievement of the New Deal.
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The original New Deal caused a “great acceleration” in carbon emissions. How will a Green New Deal forge its own legacy?
I don’t know about you, but I’m not really feeling 22.
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Workplaces the world over tune their thermostats to 22C, because this supposedly optimises mental performance. But the factors that underpin a productive office are much more complicated.