Centre for Future Work

@CntrFutureWork

The Centre for Future Work publishes progressive economic research on work, employment & labour markets. Director Jim Stanford. Project of .

Offices in Australia & Canada.
futurework.org.au
Joined May 2016
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    19 hours ago

    "Workers who are feeling more insecure and more desperate for their incomes are less likely to challenge expectations from their employers to work for free." , senior economist at the .

    Not enough jobs & sufficient hrs is behind our ongoing wage theft epidemic, says our . Its harder for workers desperate for incomes to challenge lower-quality jobs & illegal practices. "Insecure work & wage theft go hand in hand."
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    19 hours ago

    Wages are purchasing power, and wage theft stymies that. Our : "It's a race to the bottom for workers in these sectors, but it's also a race to the bottom for economic growth and stability long-term. No-one wins from this."

    Not enough jobs & sufficient hrs is behind our ongoing wage theft epidemic, says our . Its harder for workers desperate for incomes to challenge lower-quality jobs & illegal practices. "Insecure work & wage theft go hand in hand."
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    19 hours ago

    Great piece by on new wage theft claims. My comment: Growth in low-quality jobs fuels systematic wage theft. Insecure wrkrs cant easily refuse expectations to work for free. Stamping it out requires stronger worker rights & compliance systems.

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    21 hours ago

    ETU calls on NSW Government to crack down on dangerous unlicensed work & establish Electrical Regulator to ensure safety

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  5. 19 hours ago

    Not enough jobs & sufficient hrs is behind our ongoing wage theft epidemic, says our . Its harder for workers desperate for incomes to challenge lower-quality jobs & illegal practices. "Insecure work & wage theft go hand in hand."

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    Oct 27

    Australia's culture of "insecure" work is fuelling wage theft claims against retailers, think tank the Australia Institute says, as a class action is launched against another major supermarket chain.

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  7. Oct 28

    Our research confirms no systematic correlation between wage growth and superannuation levels since 1990: . Labour costs are not determined by "the market." Both wages & super are determined by policy, regulation & power. Cutting one won't "grow" the other.

    No wage increase ever delivered by freezing superannuation
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    Oct 28

    It is infuriating how the false narrative that Canada faced a "debt crisis" in the 1990s has been repeated so often by fiscal conservatives, it is now reported as fact--even by platforms that should know better (eg. ). ...2

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    Oct 27

    By failing to attach conditions to massive public subsidies, continues decades-long biz-friendly traditions helping employers pursue short-term gains before long-term investment in jobs, skills & incomes of people. (7/7)

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    Oct 27

    If business investment isn’t increasing, there’s no private sector job creation. Is business struggling in a general sense? Well corporate profits *rose* 15% in June Qtr. Without an increase in investment, it shows the public is giving businesses “money for nothing”. (6/7)

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    Oct 27

    Keep your eye on measures that matter to the millions: growth in FT jobs, jobs w basic entitlements like sick leave (i.e. pandemic-proof jobs), real wages growth, labour/profit share of GDP. Look at business investment too, which dropped +1/3rd 2012-19 *pre-COVID*. (5/7)

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    Oct 27

    Billions in govt spending can lead to positive GDP growth *at the same time* as millions are denied adequate work & financial security. Non-recession status can exist w widespread poverty & destitution. We know coz this was exactly what our pre-COVID economy looked like. (4/7)

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    Oct 27

    Leaving labour market recovery to market forces means when jobs come back, they come back shitter. 79% of all jobs lost since Feb were FT. 99% of jobs growth since May were PT (Frydenberg’s supposed jobs bonanza!). Jobs become more insecure with less hrs & less pay. (3/7)

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    Oct 27

    Without targeted jobs & incomes policies for those most affected by recession, whole layers of society are outcasted from economic health assessment. 30yr-olds still don’t have FT jobs post-GFC! COVID cut jobs & incomes of 00s/000s of youth, women, older workers & migrants. (2/7)

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    Oct 27

    Free of technical recession says . Unsurprising when fiscal spending can always save the GDP-day in a “technical” sense! Government has spent billions – a key component of GDP. But what's the story bubbling beneath the surface of standard growth measures? (1/7)

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  16. Oct 27

    Our Director , writing in , with 5 core reasons the public debt bogeymen shouldn't keep us awake at night: . There are many things to be scared of this Hallowe'en: govt debt is not one of them!

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    Oct 26

    "supply shock" actually (not "applied shock" ... Skype wobbled at that point), but the point is clear! Thanks and for a great panel 👍

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    "If you get infatuated with trying to reduce the deficit, we’ll take what was a short-term applied shock from the pandemic and we’ll convert it into a years-long depression." — on a post-COVID economic recovery. At 8/11pm | Producers: &
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    Oct 26

    Did you know that TAFE produces total economic benefits worth $92.5 billion to the Australian economy? That’s more than 16 times the annual ‘maintenance’ costs Australia currently reinvests in the TAFE system. ⁦⁩

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    Oct 26

    Surprise! (not). JobMaker creates 45k jobs not 450k. But 115,000 jobs lost since JK cut; approx 145,000 FTE jobs lost from JS cut. Billions wasted on tax cuts & delusional job-creation policy. The same put in public services would create 00s/000s of jobs.

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    Oct 26

    Yes, trick-or-treating has been cancelled in some cities, but the debt bogeymen are still roaming the streets. Here's why we shouldn't get spooked. My column for : 5 reasons the coming big deficits are not so scary after all. .

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