In 2012 new arrangements regarding the remuneration of Commonwealth departmental secretaries came into effect. This paper sets out the new system and notes the previous arrangements. Conclusion The 2011 amendments to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 changed longstanding arrangements for the setting of secretaries’ remuneration and other conditions of employment. Under the amendments the Remuneration...

This paper highlights that men want more flexibility at all stages of their career and they perform better when they have it. We also know a large number of men have considered leaving their current employer due to a lack of flexibility. The problem is most men believe asking for flexibility is a career limiting...

This paper identifies broad patterns, or pathways, in labour market and education activities associated with different life stages. Key points: This paper uses longitudinal information from the calendar in the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to track monthly education and labour market activities from 2000 to 2010 for about 6500 working...

This report argues that young Australian job seekers are losing out in the competition for scarce jobs. Executive summary During the 2013 election campaign, the major parties professed to be concerned about employment opportunity. The mantra was jobs, jobs, jobs. This is appropriate in a context where growth in the number of employed persons has...

Recent trends in employment dynamics and economic specialization support the notion that diverse economies tend to be more resilient. Teasing out this relationship suggests a more complex story: what a locality specializes in may be as important as how diverse that economy is, implying that policy based upon promoting diversity may need refining.