Flexible work
Alternative labels
Labour market flexibility
Flexible employment
Flexitime
Workplace flexibility
Flexible work arrangements
Report
Reimagining job sharing
This report proposes a model for job sharing that seeks to increase gender equality in the workforce, with a particular focus on senior levels of management. It reimagines traditional, horizontal job sharing arrangements and unlocks leadership potential by allowing for a more flexible division of responsibility and working hours between professionals at different stages of...
Draft report
Training New Zealand's workforce: technological change and the future of work
In this draft report, the New Zealand Productivity Commission looks at how work-related education and training can support a more dynamic labour market.
Working paper
Productivity-enhancing labour reallocation in Australia
This paper exploits firm-level data to explore the nature of productivity-enhancing labour reallocation in Australia over the period 2002-2016.
Report
Measuring the "gig" economy: challenges and options
There is concern among policymakers about the effect of gig work on the financial stability of gig workers. This paper provides a New Zealand-specific typology for identifying gig work, and discusses conceptual and practical issues related to measuring it.
Conference paper
The future of work: five contrarian insights
Centre for Future Work Director, Jim Stanford, challenges five stereotypical claims that are often advanced in debates over the future of work. This commentary was prepared for the My Labour, Our Future conference held in August in Montreal (Canada), to mark the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the International Labour Organization.