One important way Australians with disability are supported to find and retain a job is through a Disability Employment Service (DES). By tracking employment outcomes, month by month, through the pandemic, this report assesses how people with disability who use DESs were faring this year during COVID-19.

This discussion paper estimates the economic cost of underemployment in Australia, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This paper examines the factors contributing to female underemployment across Australia. ‘Underemployed’ in this document refers to females in part-time employment, who, if given the choice, would take on more hours of paid employment relative to their current hours.

This report finds the majority of creative professionals covered in the survey have difficulty making a sustainable living from their principal artform or creative practice. Most rely on other sources of financial support such as another job or a partner’s income to survive, and most can’t dedicate as much time to their art or creative...

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has bemoaned the extent of underemployment in Australia and the prevalence of "second jobs" during the first leaders' debate of the 2019 election.