Labour mobility
Alternative labels
Mobile workforce
Report
Coworking and an outer-urban community: what can we learn from a grassroots community coworking hub?
This report presents the findings from four focus group discussions conducted during Spring 2017 and serves as a first step in an ongoing investigation into the potential to innovate and nature of coworking issues facing people in outer Melbourne suburbs.
Article
The human face of labour mobility in Kiribati
Two prominent New Zealand academics have recently returned from discussing labour mobility policies and long term sustainable development plans in Tarawa, Kiribati.
Briefing paper
Temporary labour schemes, the new avenue of social mobility: case study Vanuatu
Using evidence-based research of ni-Vanuatu workers in the Seasonal Worker Programme, this paper argues that this strategic policy of encouraging development for Pacific island nations is effective, and that participating in labour migration provides workers with new avenues of social mobility.
Report
The digital edge: middle-skill workers and careers
For an increasing number of American workers, the term “middle-skill” has come to mean “digital skills.” Some 82% of middle-skill jobs are now “digitally intensive,” a 4% increase over the past two years. Evenmore importantly, the digital skills marketplace is sorting out into clear pathways for workers to advance, a vital component if middle-skill workers...
Literature review
Labour mobility in the Pacific: a systematic literature review of development impacts
This report provides a fresh understanding of the links between labour markets in Pacific counties and those in New Zealand and Australia.