Working conditions
Briefing paper
Going backwards: how NDIS workforce arrangements are undermining decent work and gender equality
Ensuring decent jobs for NDIS workers is critical for a sustainable and productive care and support economy and for quality care and support. This paper argues that better jobs for this growing workforce are also important if Australia is to build a more gender-equal society.
Report
The role of socio-demographic and spatial characteristics in work from home in Australia
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, work from home (WfH) uptake surged significantly in Australia. As WfH practices become more common than before, it is important to understand the determinants of WfH in Australia, and to ensure that the consequences of increased WfH are taken into consideration in urban and regional development, infrastructure investment and...
Report
A case for an extended unpaid carer leave entitlement?
This report looks at the potential economic and social impacts of adding an entitlement to extended unpaid carer leave to the National Employment Standards.
Report
Understanding workplace sexual harassment: trends, barriers to legal assistance, consequences and legal need
This report aims to identify and understand the prevalence, nature, and occurrence of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination both in Western Australia, and Australia more broadly.
Report
Unfinished business: the ongoing battle against wage theft
This report takes stock of recent efforts to crack down on wage theft around Australia and updates past estimates of the scale of wage theft in our communities on the eve of the Australian government’s proposed laws to address it.