Working conditions
Report
Best practice review of workplace health and safety in the Northern Territory: final report
The Northern Territory government has released this six-month review of the Territory’s workplace regulator, NT WorkSafe. The review examined present policies, procedures and activities, and considers how best practices can be implemented to support staff and the industry.
Journal article
Model for planning and controlling the delivery and assembly of engineer-to-order prefabricated building systems: exploring synergies between Lean and BIM
This research proposes a model for planning and controlling the delivery and assembly of engineer-to-order prefabricated building systems, emphasizing the integration between site installation and logistics operations. The main theoretical contribution is a set of approaches to implement the “pull production” and “reduce variability” principles in this particular context, exploring synergies that exist between Lean...
Discussion paper
The shorter working week: a radical and pragmatic proposal
This paper aims to demonstrate that the time we spend in work is neither natural nor inevitable. One of the central aims of this paper is to establish time itself as a site of political contestation – in the same vein as housing, healthcare, income, and national defence.
Discussion paper
Understanding insecure work in Australia
This discussion paper outlines the nature of insecure work in Australia. It defines how we got here, and what the impact of such widespread workplace insecurity is on Australia’s workers and its economy.
Report
Building bridges to work
The Given the Chance for Asylum Seekers program acted as a ‘bridge’ to employment for asylum seekers, circumventing some of the challenges of constrained visa conditions and barriers in mainstream recruitment. This final report examines the employment trajectories of program participants.