Quality of work life
Report
How we worked
Many changes have occurred in Australia since the establishment of the Australian Institute of Family Studies in 1980. This snapshot outlines some of the changes over the last four decades in when, how and where we work.
Guide
Teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a practical guide
The purpose of this guide is to provide practical and actionable recommendations for effective teleworking that are applicable to a broad range of actors; to support policymakers in updating existing policies; and to provide a flexible framework through which both private enterprises and public sector organisations can develop or update their own teleworking policies and...
Guide
Good Practice Note: Preventing and responding to sexual assault and sexual harassment in the Australian higher education sector
This publication is intended to support higher education providers to better understand, prevent, identify and respond to sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Report
The future is now: creating decent work post-pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, which swept across the globe in the early months of 2020, has rapidly accelerated long-standing trends in labour markets and economies around the world. Income inequality, precarious work and the digitisation of the economy are now issues that policymakers must grapple with immediately, or risk economic ruin and social upheaval.
Report
Working in new disability markets: a survey of Australia's disability workforce
This report is based on a nationwide survey of more than 2,300 responses from across the disability sector in March 2020. It reveals that a key concern for workers is the rising casualisation of the workforce, with many staff having to work less than full time across multiple jobs, while dealing with unstable rostering arrangements...