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Centre for Future Work

Owning Institution:
Briefing paper

The irrelevance of minimum wages to future inflation


The authors of this paper argue that a significant increase to the minimum wage, and accompanying increases to award rates, would not have a significant effect on inflation in Australia.
Report

Professionalising the aged care workforce: the case for worker registration and a mandatory qualification


This paper presents the case for an aged care worker registration and accreditation scheme in Australia.
Report

A better future for self-employment: how is it changing, and how can ‘gig’ work be regulated?


This report from the Centre for Future Work shows that, in reality, self-employment is not growing inexorably — in fact, in most countries (including Australia) it is declining.
Report

Short changed: unsatisfactory working hours and unpaid overtime - 2023 update


This year marks the fifteenth annual 'Go Home on Time Day' (GHOTD), an initiative of the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute, that shines a spotlight on the maldistribution of working hours and the scale of unpaid overtime worked by Australians.
Briefing paper

Going backwards: how NDIS workforce arrangements are undermining decent work and gender equality


Ensuring decent jobs for NDIS workers is critical for a sustainable and productive care and support economy and for quality care and support. This paper argues that better jobs for this growing workforce are also important if Australia is to build a more gender-equal society.

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