Women hold more than 50% of all jobs in Australia
Women now hold 50.2 per cent of Australian filled jobs. But men still hold more main jobs — the difference is explained by women’s much greater share of secondary employment.
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Labour Market
A collection of 4 issues
Australia’s industrial strikes have not disappeared — but they have collapsed
Australia’s industrial disputes data show a recent lift in activity, but the deeper story is the extraordinary long-run decline in strikes and working days lost since the 1980s.
Why does public administration capture 8.8% of employee compensation from 5.9% of hours worked?
Public Administration and Safety accounts for less than 6% of Australian hours worked but almost 9% of employee compensation — the largest positive gap of any industry. The statistic raises an intriguing question about why.
Australia has more workers, but barely more work
The ABS Labour Force Survey shows employment fell by 15,800 people in July, while the unemployment rate increased to 4.5%. Monthly hours worked fell more sharply, down 0.6%.
The more revealing figures, however, are over the past year. Australia has 191,900 more employed people than in