The federal government's industrial relations bill will fix a problem that doesn't exist by making a failed legal argument the law.
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We need a holistic response that considers the systemic reasons that force people to lie about working.
More than a dozen Australian universities have been publicly accused of underpaying staff. Some have paid millions in backpay after audits. And a big factor in wage theft is the rise of casualisation.
Unemployment may be down, but 3% of Britain's working population are on zero hours contracts. This isn't good for people or business and the government needs to act.
Many Uber drivers do their job because the alternatives are worse. It's an unhappy work choice faced by an increasing number of Australians.
Public schools in some states outsourced their cleaning services to private companies as part of a neoliberal experiment starting in the 1990s. This has had a host of impacts, including on students.
Sugar daddy capitalism is deformalising relationships and erasing the lines between commercial and non-commercial worlds.
Most workers are still employees, not casuals or gig workers. So what has changed to increase the insecurity of workers?
There is very little evidence that overall labour market insecurity is getting any worse. Trends are stable for rates of casualisation, churn, self-employment and multiple job holders.
Despite relatively stable and low levels of unemployment, workers are increasingly concerned that their jobs are at risk.
The costs of casual work are now outweighing the slim benefits in wages (and even those are not as much as they used to be).
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) said that casual employment has not increased in Australia for the past 18 years. Is that right?
The term “precariat” conveys the idea that the old working class, the proletariat, has transmuted into a new social class where work and life are characterised by precariousness and risk. While the old…
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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