Labour

Politics & Society
Eradicating modern slavery in Australia
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

Health & Medicine
The real cost to unpaid carers
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

Business & Economics
Keeping supply chains ethical and sustainable amid COVID-19
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

Politics & Society
Can Victorian Labor really make ‘wage theft’ a crime?
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

Politics & Society
South Australia votes: A divided electorate
Nick Xenophon’s new SA-BEST could hold the balance of power if neither the Liberals nor Labor win outright in South Australia

Business & Economics
5 challenges that will make or break the gig economy
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

Business & Economics
Ex-auto workers could boost clean energy industry
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

Business & Economics
Podcast
Passions betrayed: The end of “doing what you love” in the workforce
Workplace observer Miya Tokumitsu on what’s wrong with the “hope economy”

Business & Economics
Too old at 21, you’re fired!
Minimum wage policies in Europe are making employees barely out of their teens too expensive. Are there lessons for Australia?

Politics & Society
Podcast
From Proletariat to Precariat: Navigating uncertainty in a globalised economy
Those experiencing intermittent or underemployment are sometimes referred to as the ‘Precariat’. But why are their numbers growing, and is this a new phenomenon?