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Alongside its review of the ‘Modern Slavery Act’, the Government must also address the risks of forced labour that are inherent in our visa system

Among working-age adults, the provision of unpaid, informal caregiving is detrimental to mental health. And, around the world, this unpaid care is still largely carried out by women

The pandemic has put global supply chains under stress and we need to be watchful that ethics and sustainability don’t fall by the wayside

Despite ongoing examples of wage theft, one of Labor’s key campaign pledges in this state election is not as simple to implement as it might seem

Nick Xenophon’s new SA-BEST could hold the balance of power if neither the Liberals nor Labor win outright in South Australia

The gig economy, or platform work, has emerged from nowhere courtesy of the mobile technology boom, but there are question marks over whether it heralds a new future of work

Australia’s 100-year-old auto manufacturing industry will finally come to an end later this month, but workers’ skills would translate to the storable electricity industry

Workplace observer Miya Tokumitsu on what’s wrong with the “hope economy”

Minimum wage policies in Europe are making employees barely out of their teens too expensive. Are there lessons for Australia?

Those experiencing intermittent or underemployment are sometimes referred to as the ‘Precariat’. But why are their numbers growing, and is this a new phenomenon?