March 12, 2024

Submission to the Fair Work Commission Modern Award Review 2023-2024, Work and Care The Fair Work Commission's Review of Modern Awards 2023-24 is considering the impact of workplace relations settings on work and care. This submission argues for good...

by Fiona Macdonald

September 22, 2023

Going Backwards How NDIS workforce arrangements are undermining decent work and gender equality

by Fiona Macdonald

April 29, 2023

Inclusive and Sustainable Employment for Jobseekers Experiencing Disadvantage Workplace and Employment Barriers

by Fiona Macdonald

September 22, 2022

Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Work and Care Current work and care arrangements in Australia contribute to economic and social disadvantage for carers, the vast majority of whom are women. Patterns of labour force...

by Fiona Macdonald, Sienna Parrott and Andrew Scott

May 17, 2022

Working With COVID: Insecure Jobs, Sick Pay, and Public Health Almost one in five Australians (and a higher proportion of young workers) acknowledge working with potential COVID symptoms over the course of the pandemic, according to new...

by Dan Nahum and Jim Stanford

October 4, 2021

Shock Troops of the Pandemic Casual and Insecure Work in COVID and Beyond

by Jim Stanford

April 16, 2021

Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security The Senate Select Committee on Job Security was appointed 10 December 2020, to inquire into and report on the impact of insecure or precarious employment on the economy,...

by Dan Nahum

February 8, 2021

Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 In December 2020, the Senate of Australia launched an important inquiry into the federal government's proposed Fair Work Amendment Bill. Core features of the legislation...

by Alison Pennington and Jim Stanford

December 30, 2020

2020 Year-End Labour Market Review: Insecure Work and the Covid-19 Pandemic Australia’s labour market experienced unprecedented volatility during 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting recession. In the first part of the year, employment...

by Dan Nahum and Jim Stanford

July 23, 2020

JobKeeper: Eligible vs ineligible workers

by David Richardson

November 22, 2019

Precarity and Job Instability on the Frontlines of NDIS Support Work The national roll-out of the NDIS holds the prospect of a significant enhancement in both the resources allocated to disability services in Australia, and the autonomy and...

by Donna Baines, Fiona Macdonald, Jim Stanford and Jessie Moore

May 29, 2018

The Dimensions of Insecure Work: A Factbook This factbook reviews eleven different dimensions of job security in Australia, and documents a clear and multi-faceted deterioration in the overall stability of work in the...

by Tanya Carney and Jim Stanford

May 25, 2016

A Portrait of Employment Insecurity in Australia The insecure nature of work in Australia today can be illustrated through the following infographic (based on 2015 data published by the ABS). Australia has over 19 million...

by Jim Stanford

January 28, 2012

Casual Labour: A stepping stone to something better or part of an underclass This paper responds to the invitation by the Brian Howe inquiry set up to examine insecure work and follows the release of the options paper, "The future of work in...

by David Richardson

The Australia Institute

Research // Insecure & Precarious Work

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Submission to the Fair Work Commission Modern Award Review 2023-2024, Work and Care The Fair Work Commission's Review of Modern Awards 2023-24 is considering the impact of workplace relations settings on work and care. This submission argues for good...

Going Backwards How NDIS workforce arrangements are undermining decent work and gender equality

Inclusive and Sustainable Employment for Jobseekers Experiencing Disadvantage Workplace and Employment Barriers

Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Work and Care Current work and care arrangements in Australia contribute to economic and social disadvantage for carers, the vast majority of whom are women. Patterns of labour force...

Working With COVID: Insecure Jobs, Sick Pay, and Public Health Almost one in five Australians (and a higher proportion of young workers) acknowledge working with potential COVID symptoms over the course of the pandemic, according to new...

Shock Troops of the Pandemic Casual and Insecure Work in COVID and Beyond

Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security The Senate Select Committee on Job Security was appointed 10 December 2020, to inquire into and report on the impact of insecure or precarious employment on the economy,...

Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 In December 2020, the Senate of Australia launched an important inquiry into the federal government's proposed Fair Work Amendment Bill. Core features of the legislation...

2020 Year-End Labour Market Review: Insecure Work and the Covid-19 Pandemic Australia’s labour market experienced unprecedented volatility during 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting recession. In the first part of the year, employment...

JobKeeper: Eligible vs ineligible workers

Precarity and Job Instability on the Frontlines of NDIS Support Work The national roll-out of the NDIS holds the prospect of a significant enhancement in both the resources allocated to disability services in Australia, and the autonomy and...

The Dimensions of Insecure Work: A Factbook This factbook reviews eleven different dimensions of job security in Australia, and documents a clear and multi-faceted deterioration in the overall stability of work in the...

A Portrait of Employment Insecurity in Australia The insecure nature of work in Australia today can be illustrated through the following infographic (based on 2015 data published by the ABS). Australia has over 19 million...

Casual Labour: A stepping stone to something better or part of an underclass This paper responds to the invitation by the Brian Howe inquiry set up to examine insecure work and follows the release of the options paper, "The future of work in...

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