Rather than pursue self-interested policies that widen the gap between rich and poor, companies can invest in their workers, curb income inequality and make more money all at the same time.
Shared work spaces can be counterproductive for the employees who work in them.
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Research shows that low-skilled workers are losing jobs and wages in developed countries because of trade, but the evidence still isn’t there as to who are the winners.
Helen Westerman, The Conversation; Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; Wes Mountain, The Conversation, and Declan O'Hara, The Conversation
Wages are stagnating and women have not benefited nearly as much as men from earlier wage increases. And what if small business isn’t the powerhouse we’ve been led to believe? What recent HILDA data has to tell us about gender, income and work.
At the moment there is official classification for gig work, like the type uber drivers do.
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Workers in the gig economy have to deal with labour insecurity but they also take on more risk by using their own money to buy the tools they need to work.
Are we slaves to futile endeavour?
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