Workforce planning
Alternative labels
Workforce optimisation
Workforce trends
Report
Developing the OPAN workforce: exploring the skills, attributes, knowledge, professional development, and training requirements for effective aged care advocacy
This research project was commissioned to explore professional development opportunities for aged care advocates, as well as the skills, competencies and training required to work effectively in the role.
Conference paper
Using Percent Plan Completed for early success assessment in the Last Planner System
The Last Planner System (LPS) constitutes a systematic method for planning and control based on the generation of short-term commitments by the workforce and the weekly control of their accomplishments in search of continual improvement. Our research goal is to contribute to the understanding of how Plan Percent Complete (PPC) and Reasons for Non-Compliance (RNC)...
Briefing paper
Working from home: opportunities and risks
With many regular workplaces shut down to 'flatten the curve' of COVID-19, millions of Australians are now shifting their work to home. This paper surveys the scope of home work, considers its impacts on economic and gender inequality, and proposes several policy recommendations to make home work safer and fairer.
Report
Job-to-job transitions and the regional job ladder
This paper uses linked employee-employer data to examine the frequency with which workers change jobs in New Zealand, wage premiums associated with these job transitions, and the impact of house prices on worker mobility.
Report
Anticipating and addressing the impending shortage of skilled disability support workers
This study examines skills production and utilisation for the disability sector to provide an assessment of the adequacy of current modes of skills acquisition for disability support workers.