Research has shown that overskilling—where workers are not fully using their skills in their jobs—can lead to reduced wages and job satisfaction. This report builds on that previous research and investigates the persistence of overskilling mismatch and the effect of past mismatch on wages. The research finds that persistence of overskilling mismatch is common among...

The concept of social inclusion entered Australian policy discourse and practice following an extended period of conceptual, practice and empirical policy-oriented work internationally, most notably in France initially, the UK and within the ongoing activities of the European Union.

This report provides a profile of the occupational and demographic characteristics of workers who reported dermal exposure to chemicals at work, as well as the types of controls with which respondents reported they were provided in the workplace. These analyses enable the identification of groups of workers at risk of high dermal exposure and the...

This report estimates the total cost of workplace injury and illness to the Australian economy. Work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths impose costs on employers, workers and the community. These include both direct costs and indirect costs. Direct costs include items such as workers' compensation premiums paid by employers or payments to injured or incapacitated workers...

In 2009–10, 337 people died in Australia from a work-related traumatic injury. This report is the seventh in a series that estimates the number of workers and bystanders killed each year due to work-related injury. Because there is no single national data collection system that identifies all work-related injury fatalities, the exact number of people...