This research reveals that almost three-quarters of Australians 'working from home' are doing at least some of it in non-work-time. The report calls for additional protections for people working from home, including limits on hours, overtime pay when relevant, allowances for extra home office expenses, and better OHS rules for home work.

The effect of COVID-19 on the labour market has impacted specific groups of workers more than others, including those with an ethnic minority background. This report makes eleven recommendations for government and employers, to ensure both that job quality is protected for all and that groups at particular risk are safeguarded.

This report meets IPPR’s educational objective by informing the public on the United Kingdom’s future immigration system and its implications. The report also contributes to their objective of relieving poverty and unemployment by setting out recommendations for how the immigration system can support the economic recovery, improve working conditions, and tackle exploitation.

Mapping existing trends and concerns held by workers across a diverse range of industries, this submission discusses workplace technologies in the context of different labour processes and employment relationships.

Industrial relations regulation in Australia is an historical anomaly. It is highly prescriptive and complex, with substantial third party involvement. The economic shocks of COVID-19, and the associated government responses, have rendered aspects of our industrial relations regulations unworkable. This paper proposes some solutions.