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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Two experts argue for and against government intervention when it comes to fixing low wage growth.
If the RBA continues to sacrifice its inflation target on the altar of financial stability risks, inflation expectations and our wages growth will continue to languish.
The unemployment rate is now at its lowest level in 17 years and is very close to a 50-year low. Does that mean we're at full employment?
Research shows early childhood educators are among the lowest-paid Australians, with some finding better pay in other fields such as night-time retail work.
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Although over 200 CEOs have promised to share windfalls from the recent tax cut with their employers – something the president is likely to bring up in the State of the Union – research suggests workers aren't holding their breath.
Government is about to be disrupted by technology in the same manner as major industries. It's about time.
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable claims there is no evidence that immigration impacts wages. Is he right?
There are two ways that international competition can reduce wages. Both are effects of globalisation.
Data shows that growth in total CEO pay has outstripped average Australian wage growth in every year of the last five years. But perhaps we need to look more closely.
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).
An expert in the charity sector responds to Jeff Bezos's request for advice on how to give his money away.
Building negotiating power is crucial for anyone looking to ask for a pay rise. But for those who can't, perhaps it's the employers' responsibility to ensure fair compensation.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn claims they do. Two academics assessed the facts.
Employer groups are calling for a cut in real wages for low paid workers, but this would only exacerbate current problems.
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Program Director, Trade and Investment, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Accounting, The University of Queensland
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Head of the Discipline of Business Analytics, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Management - Negotiations, Melbourne Business School
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Joshua Healy is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Workplace Leadership, University of Melbourne
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Professor, Deputy Director, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Jay L. Zagorsky is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, Boston University
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Professor in the Department of Economics, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Lancaster University
