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The system of welfare conditionality that underpins Universal Credit is ineffective at moving people off social security and into work.
South Africa needs to create more jobs - but there’s no clarity on how this might happen.
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South Africa’s job summit ignored the great chasms that exist on how to create jobs.
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While many jobs are being replaced by technology, those that participate in the making of (good) social experiences for people are bucking the trend.
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The best way to help young people into work is to listen to their aspirations, and cater to their needs.
Informal trading in Fordsburg, Johannesburg.
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South Africa needs to rethink the role of the informal economy as it mulls over ideas to beat joblessness.
Amazon has lifted its lowest pay rate to US$15 an hour.
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Australia’s unemployment rate may have to fall much more before we see any wages growth.
A significant number of South Africans can’t find jobs and scrounge for a living on the sidelines of the economy.
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South Africa’s jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
An Amazon employee applies tape to a package before shipment.
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The rise of superstar companies that dominate their industries may be partly to blame for the lack of wage growth in the US in recent years. It could also suggest a solution.
Relationships at work affect employees’ decisions to stay in jobs.
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While pay and profit are not irrelevant in employees’ work decisions, there are other motivators.
Students graduate.
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With the unemployment rate at about the lowest level in almost 50 years, how much lower could it go? An economist explains.
Stigmatising and shaming ex-offenders hampers efforts to reintegrate them into society.
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Politicians’ knee jerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is
unhelpful.
Job seekers at a Walmart hiring event. in 2012 in Altadena, California. Hundreds of applicants showed up for 65 positions that were available.
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In April 2017 the IPSP surveyed a representative sample of US adults about what makes a job a good one. Respondents put money and atmosphere first, two very different and complementary criteria.
In this November 2017 photo, unemployed Dave Cherkewski discusses how he was helped by Ontario’s basic income pilot project.
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The cancellation of Ontario’s basic income pilot not only violates our ethical obligations to participants. It also means forfeiting a valuable research opportunity on income security.
Lacklustre economic activity has rendered millions of South Africans unemployed and poor.
EPA/Nic Bothma
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to take South Africa’s ruling party seriously when it talks about economic reform.
Thousands marched to demand an end to xenophobic violence in South Africa recently.
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A survey shows 70% of South Africans feel immigrants pose a threat to the country.
Can the RBA do anything to address persistently low inflation?
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As with economic growth and wages, the RBA’s response seems to involve crossing as many fingers and toes as possible and publicly proclaiming that things are looking good.
Many South African students prefer universities and neglect technical colleges.
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South Africa needs to improve efforts to increase student numbers at technical colleges.
Despite a huge increase in employment, the unemployment rate is unchanged.
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A big increase in employment but the unemployment is flat. Addressing this will be a challenge as all our options have downsides.
A visiting farmer tends the animals.
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Social farms provide health, social and educational care to disadvantaged young people.
While the federal government promotes the employment of older people through the jobactive network, in practice it’s not working well for them.
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A two-year study finds dissatisfaction with current arrangements, but also identifies small changes that can make a big difference in helping to find suitable jobs for older workers.