Work insecurity
Alternative labels
Non-traditional work arrangements
Job instability
Patchwork economy
Alternative work
Contingent work
Insecure work
Informal work
Precarious employment
Microwork
Briefing paper
April holiday cluster highlights income losses from reduced penalty rates
This research puts a number on the total loss of wages that will be experienced by workers in the broad retail and hospitality sectors through the coming holiday period: $80 million this year, rising to $107 million for a similar period once the rate cuts are fully implemented.
Report
Expanding economic opportunity: an international comparison of Australia’s labour market regulation
This report presents a comparison of Australia’s labour market entitlements with similar common law countries, and looks at how the labour market is perceived in ways that affect investment and growth.
Report
The future of manufacturing in Europe
The Future of Manufacturing in Europe is an explorative and future-oriented study. It explores the future adoption of some key game-changing technologies and how this adoption can be promoted, even regionally. The analysis of implications for working life focuses primarily on tasks and skills, not only at the white-collar, tertiary-education level, but also for blue-collar...
Submission
Report into the Victorian on-demand workforce: opportunities for flexible and rewarding work
This report represents the IPA’s submission to the inquiry into the Victorian on-demand workforce.
Report
The economic impact of wage theft in South Australia
This report explores the economic impact of wage theft in South Australia. Wage theft is widespread and likely growing, impacting up to 170,000 South Australian workers to varying degrees, and almost certainly costing South Australian workers, collectively, more than $500 million a year.