Sue Richardson describes the overall unemployment picture, including the situation of some groups at particularly high risk of unemployment, then looks at underemployment and long term unemployment. She describes the experiences of men and of women, and of youth and older workers.

Laurence Lester examines the relationship between immigrant's self-reported satisfaction and other variables available in the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia.

Diannah Lowry and Megan Moskos report on a study exploring the impact of the workplace mobile phone in a selection of Australian workplaces. This study involved interviews with 20 workers from different occupational and organisational settings. A consistent theme was the notion of the work mobile phone as a 'double-edged' sword that served to define...

With control of the Senate, the Coalition government will move further down the path of labour market deregulation. Further changes will cater to the interests of employers, with special attention to small business owners, while hastening the demise of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and imposing additional fetters on trade union activity. Yet, says Josh...

The labour force experiences of new migrants say much about the overall success of their settlement into Australia. Do they find jobs that match their skills and provide a satisfactory level of earnings? How do their varied backgrounds and English capabilities affect their engagement with work in Australia? How susceptible are they to unemployment? In...